What is a CRT dual lead pacemaker supposed to treat?

Posted by jwooders3 @jwooders3, May 14, 2023

I had a second pacemaker installed in 2018 in a distant city from where I now live. I have felt palpitations almost nightly as I’m falling asleep. This pacemaker is a CRT dual-lead. The tech told me it is the frenic nerve. ( Not sure of the spelling.) I don’t know if I have A-fib anymore because of this. The palpitations happen so often I now just ignore it!

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Additional information I didn’t post: I am 100% paced following an ablation in 2004 and a St Jude single lead pacemaker being put in.

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@jwooders3, this sounds like a good question to put to your cardiologist. Have you talked to your specialist about your palpitations and possible involvement of the phrenic nerve?

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Yes, the tech suggested the CRT pacemaker may be causing the phrenic nerve to respond to the heart beats. It is uncomfortable. Thank you.

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