1. < Spine Health

Spinal Stimulator effect on the heart

Posted by revclint @revclint, Aug 20, 2019

Has anyone done any research on the effects of the electrical spinal stim on people with heart electrical issues? I had two ablations done and a 3rd one that they couldn't do as it was too near the valve. I've noticed that since they finally got the stim working, I've been having more palpitations and chest pains. If I turn the stim off during the palpitations, they go away quite quickly, If I don't turn it off, they can last longer. Just wondering if anyone has heard of any research on it. I haven't found anything online, but I don't know how to get to medical websites.
Thanks
Clint

Interested in more discussions like this? Go to the Spine Health Support Group.

lioness | @lioness | Aug 12 9:33am

@ginny jm Thanks for your reply I certainly will but pretty much say no after considering my heart issue Talked with some people here they agree thank you again

REPLY
pat1015kristy | @pat1015kristy | Aug 12 11:55am
In reply to @lioness "Lioness the Dr wants to put a stem in me for my back pain but seriously..." + (show)
@lioness

Lioness the Dr wants to put a stem in me for my back pain but seriously thinking about all comments since I had a triple by pass in 1998 don't know if I want to chance it Id love some feedback Thanks Lioness

Jump to this post

I have an appointment this week in interventional Radiology with a doctor that reads my recent MRI and goes over my record to see if I qualify for a surgery that cuts the nerve that sends the pain signal to your brain. I've had 3 back surgeries in three months 20 years ago and have lived with that pain everyday since. Opioids are no longer something I can take because of all the problems they have created in my body after years of being on them so now something new to try after trying everything else even nerve ablation which is a lengthy process. Nothing has worked so I am looking at this with baited breath hoping for small miracle. I would like to know if anyone out there has had this done and what were the results??

REPLY
kwolfe | @kwolfe | Oct 18 10:20pm

Hello fellow broken people!...and moderator. I have a SCS implant. FYI I am extremely pleased with it. It has been placed for five years. I have very acutely developed cardiac symptoms(10 days now) that are getting increasingly more severe. I have seen my primary and cardiologist already and have testing scheduled for holter, echo and treadmill. However the symptoms are getting a little scary. My primary care was getting some interference from the stimulator on the ECG so he mentioned that MAYBE it may be causing electrical interference. I honestly thought that was probably not the cause. After coming across you guys I'm going to look into a little more. I shut it down about ten minutes ago to test. So far still having same cardiac symptoms(replicated by my Kardia, auscultation). I will let update the thread if I find out anything related to the stimulator.

For those of you weighing the pros/cons. Talk to your cardiologist, neurologist and pain specialist. For me and my personal experience with a number of health conditions the spinal cord stimulator was the best decision ever made for my quality of life!

REPLY
1 reply
Mentor
Jennifer, Volunteer Mentor | @jenniferhunter | Oct 19 12:28pm
In reply to @kwolfe "Hello fellow broken people!...and moderator. I have a SCS implant. FYI I am extremely pleased with..." + (show)
@kwolfe

Hello fellow broken people!...and moderator. I have a SCS implant. FYI I am extremely pleased with it. It has been placed for five years. I have very acutely developed cardiac symptoms(10 days now) that are getting increasingly more severe. I have seen my primary and cardiologist already and have testing scheduled for holter, echo and treadmill. However the symptoms are getting a little scary. My primary care was getting some interference from the stimulator on the ECG so he mentioned that MAYBE it may be causing electrical interference. I honestly thought that was probably not the cause. After coming across you guys I'm going to look into a little more. I shut it down about ten minutes ago to test. So far still having same cardiac symptoms(replicated by my Kardia, auscultation). I will let update the thread if I find out anything related to the stimulator.

For those of you weighing the pros/cons. Talk to your cardiologist, neurologist and pain specialist. For me and my personal experience with a number of health conditions the spinal cord stimulator was the best decision ever made for my quality of life!

Jump to this post

@kwolfe Welcome to Connect and thank you for your helpful comments. I'll be interested to hear what your testing reveals and what your specialists recommend.

REPLY
View MoreView Less
Please sign in or register to post a reply.