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Heart Pacemaker battery replacement effects?
Heart & Blood Health | Last Active: Oct 24 6:16am | Replies (5)Comment receiving replies
@dbamos1945
Glad to help in anyway. It is why MCC is here to share your experiences with others.
Todays ICD/Pacemakers have gone through so much upgrading and what they can be programmed to do is just amazing.
I assume your pacemaker is under your skin. Is that correct? Mine is under my chest muscle. My EP said I did not have enough skin in chest area as since I was so active he wanted to place below my chest muscle. So you can see after 3 surgeries it involved not only opening skin but opening chest muscle.
But I am fine and have got used to my old buddy being in my chest and helping my heart every day.
Do you have just a pacemaker or a ICD/Pacemaker?
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@jc76: My husband has a Medtronic Pacemaker. We meet with the cardiologist soon and I will get many questions answered. I assume they will replace it with a similar (but maybe updated model) Medtronic unit. Are there any pacemakers mfg that should be avoided or have a reputation of being the best? He wants the most efficient, reliable model. I have concern about the leads and if they are known to get contaminated or lose connectivity? Guess I am full of questions. Thank you for your posts. Best of health to you!