Bradycardia

*He is in 60s.

I had a friend that passed away last year She lived to be 94.
In her late 70s, they put in a pacemaker and she got close to 20 years extra.
You are doing it right asking questions do your own research. Google is a good place to start look for Medical schools that are doing this there are a few good ones. Google scholar is a good place for more technical information
I wish you the very best

Are there other treatments? Maybe, but it will depend on WHY his heart is running slow...which it is.

You are probably aware that the great danger in the aged is falling. Falls kill as many of the aged as do those eventual cancers, heart attacks, liver disease, etc. Those falls come from muscle loss, infrequent movement....meaning muscle loss....and from poor vision/lighting in the space where they fall, or from heart defects that don't keep their brains and eyes functioning at optimal levels. It's a all just a horrible gang-up on the elderly. But falls are very serious, and bradycardia invites fainting, which in turn invites falls. So, you want this nipped one way or the other....and pronto!

The elderly frequently have problems associated with either/or/and electrolyte imbalances, often low sodium, or they are hypoglycemic...low blood glucose levels...or dehydration. They just don't drink enough. All of these can make walking around not just difficult but....dangerous. Those can be easily corrected, and that might also eliminate the bradycardia. That would be a win, but frequent monitoring must come after that. They forget.

Or, it's time for Ye Olde Pacemaker. They've been around in one form or another for donkey's years. They get better, like hearing aids get better. They do a great job in patients whose own rhythm centers have become tired or disordered. They can add safe years to a life with laughter, trips, shopping, hikes, gardening...all the great pleasures of living. They aren't even rocket science any more.

So, he needs a workup to determine if he is in distress due to imbalances, low oxygen levels, or his heart is just wonky once and for all, and it's time for a pacemaker. Make him read this post. Tell him to get on with living...for your sake if not for his. I'm a grampa who has had two cardiac ablation surgeries to stop my heart from fibrillating. Only the second one worked, but that meant I had that initial failure. Seven months later, tried again, and I have been free from atrial fibrillation for 39 months now. In bliss, and oh-so grateful. He can be there as well, but just with a pacemaker installed and doing its job tirelessly, waking or sleeping.

Do it.

I am 77 and -- due to bradycardia -- have had a pacemaker for 14 years. It's one of the best medical treatments that have been done to me. My wife said that I was turning "gray" before they put the pacemaker in, and I would occasionally feel like I would faint. My color and energy returned within a couple of days after the placement. I am close to 100% dependent on it.

People have a lot of misconception concerning a pacemaker. If you need one, they are great and they dont interfere with daily life. I've had mine for 3 years and I am 68 now. I would stand from sitting and would have to grab onto something until the extreme dizziness went away, Not more than 5 seconds, after 2 weeks of this I went to my cardiologist for testing, they found that my heart rate would drop into the 30s and 40s when doing this. They put a pacemaker in that day and set it to not let my heart rate drop below 60. Its been great ever since.

@gloaming I think it's because of his obesity...but he says that if he will have placed pacemaker,he won't be able to touch electrical appliances, go to stairs and he would be restricted..is it so?

@ckscoville more power to you sir.

Have all the grandkids that care about him tell him he needs to keep on
living for them. Seniors are stubborn but grandkids can soften them up.
He needs that pacemaker.!

@muhammadirfan If that were true, wouldn't all pacemaker patients be dead inside of a week? And wouldn't the FDA say 'No more pacemakers....they're killing their patients?' Wouldn't cardiologists, almost all of whom are ethically bound to 'Do no harm,' warn their patients not to touch light switches, toasters, their stove, their electric razor.....you see where this is going.

The name of the device says it all: it 'paces' the heart. It does what the heart needs it to do based on demand. Instead of what he is facing which is probably an 'early' death. His heart needs a crutch to lean on, and they are called pacemakers.