Has anyone had an insertable Cardiac Monitor?

That is the exact same one that I also have implanted. Also known as a Loop Recorder. I have Congenital Long QT Syndrome and they are monitoring for Pre- Syncope and Syncope events. But also Arrhythmias and Palpitations.

I am not familiar with your condition! Can you elaborate? I assume it’s working out for you?

Hi Everyone....this is CeCe55. I thought I would jump in on this one and answer some questions. I had my Medtronic Reveal Linq Loop Recorder implanted six years ago because of palpitations and a diagnosis of WPW. It turned out I had Afib. The outpatient surgery was about twenty minutes long and I was not put to sleep. The EP numbed the area and inserted the recorder. It has been a valuable tool in managing my Afib. Three years to the month, I had to have another one placed. The EP took out the old one and inserted the new one.

I see my Electrophysiologist next week and I am expecting him to say that the battery is about to go. It has been a little over three years since they placed the last one. I wish the batteries lasted longer since this will be a way of life for me. I did have an ablation last May but the Loop Recorder is part of my Afib protection plan I guess along with the meds.

It is not really an invasive procedure. I am an anxious person so the numbing, cutting and placing while I am awake isn't fun but I would compare it to a root canal. 🙂 I have a machine on my night table that downloads the day's readings and I carry a hand held mechanism which is probably 1 x 4 inches in my purse which I can hold up to my heart and implant area when I get palpitations and it marks my EKG reading. I get called if there is a problem.

I am glad to answer any questions. Take Care everyone and Happy New Year!

I have the implanted ekg to record AFib..I am on my second one so had for three to four years..I got a new monitor as other faulty..Thanks for reminding me of the small detector to record symptoms.Will check for that. important information gotten .Worth doing.

Had a Medtronic implant in 2017 following an ablation. Worked silently (and well) until its battery died in 2020. Until then it showed minimal Afib (under 0.3%). My Cardiologist is setting me up for a replacement since I took myself off Eliquis Dec 23, 2021 due to suspected rare but severe side effect: muscle weakness in legs. Cannot PROVE a connection, but after a week of being off Eliquis, I am now walking 2.5-3.5 miles a day when before I couldn't make 0.1 miles before having to sit and rest my legs.

How did your muscle weakness show itself,,?

Summer 2017 I was playing Pickleball and walking golf 2-3 times a week. Had an episode of tachycardia and was sent to our local hospital: 120 bpm and Afib. Was put on Eliquis, had an ablation, had a loop recorder implanted. By December 2017 I could not walk more than a few hundred feet; legs felt like "jelly". Had to be wheel-chaired through the Ice Sculpture exhibit in Orlando around Christmas.

Long story short, neither I, my Primary, my Cardiologist, or a Neuro specialist noticed the connection between starting Eliquis and the initiation of leg weakness despite my complaining for more than four years to all. During a "tune-up" visit to my Chiropractor I complained. He asked if I was on a statin or Eliquis, and when I answered YES to Eliquis he had his assistant print off its rare but severe side effects..

I checked the Briston-Meyers Squibb website and found the warning. Discontinued the Eliquis December 23, 2021. Within a week could walk a half mile to our mail station and back. Am now up to 3+ miles without needing to rest along the way. Cardiologist is going to do another loop recorder implant shortly as he isn't real happy that I took myself off the med ... but I am absolutely thrilled to be able to walk reasonably well again! No, am not back to Pickleball, due to my balance issues at age 80, but am again enjoying golf!

Legs felt like they were made of jelly. So weak that I needed a wheelchair to go more than 100 yards.

I have had a LOOP recorder implanted in my chest for four years now.

Due to more than a dozen falls in 2013, a Medtronics loop recorder was implanted. It detected at least one episode of Afib, and multiple nocturnal episodes of tachycardia, all of which were asymptomatic. It stopped transmitting in 2017 and was removed. I still have frequent falls, last of which was on black ice that caused 3-week hospitalization for broken elbow, stress fractures to sacrum, and bulging L5/S1 disc. Have neuropathy in R foot due to earlier injuries that thankfully causes no pain, just reduced sensation and some loss of balance. See my local cardiologist every six months