RE: Sounds from Medtronic ICD

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does your icd send in carelink ? sometimes the icd will emite wierd sounds if it haveing difcults sending in carelink ( i learned tthis the hard way ) it also emits sounds for problems such as wire high resiasn if it made shock self testign test failing ect also around high magnettic feilds ! ad for problem usealy there a cetin time of the day it's set to soudn off if theres a problem if it does it at other times then that mosted likely your where in a magnitic feild ! Doug Parsons <dparsons5@...> wrote: Well, I've just learned a disturbing fact about Medtronic. Unlike Guidant, who has techs available 24/7, Medtronic has no techs available on the weekends. Guess we're just supposed to have problems or questions during the week! Having had Guidant devices for years, I'm not accustomed to the "sounds" that Medtronic icd's emit to indicate issues. My device was just implanted a year ago, and was just interrogated a couple of weeks ago. Battery life is fine. This morning I heard a series of sounds that certainly seemed to be coming from the icd. I feel fine - knock wood, have had no shocks from this device. As for checking any sort of Medtronic booklet that I might have been given at the time of implant, mea culpa. I'm not sure if I have one - and, if I do, where it is. My

wife thinks we should check in with the ER, but I'm vetoing that. Any thoughts or info? Thanks! Doug in NY

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> Having had Guidant devices for years, I'm not accustomed to the

> " sounds " that Medtronic icd's emit to indicate issues. My device was

> just implanted a year ago, and was just interrogated a couple of weeks

> ago. Battery life is fine. This morning I heard a series of sounds

> that certainly seemed to be coming from the icd.

I had this very issue a few months ago (it turned out not to be my

ICD--to my embarrassment it was my iPod alarm!! The tones were nearly

identical!!!). I had to really dig but I found the tones at the

Medtronic site and what they meant/whether to call the doctor. Let me

see if I can find it again...

Try this: http://www.medtronic.com/physician/tachy/icd/pmgmt.html

High Urgency Dual Tones

(alternating high/low frequency for 30 seconds) Call physician.

Immediate action

Low Urgency Intermittent Tones

(alternating high frequency/silence for 30 seconds) Call physician.

Action may be delayed a short time

Alarm OK

(Non-programmable. Initiated only by magnet.) Continuous Tone

(high frequency for 30 seconds) No conditions met. No action required.

Best,

Lynn S.

a fellow Medtronic zapper

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My ICD was interrogated upteen times by

the EP fellows themselves. I would go to the ED.

From: [mailto: ] On Behalf Of Doug Parsons

Sent: Saturday, May 10, 2008 2:28

PM

Subject: Sounds from

Medtronic ICD

Well, I've just learned a disturbing fact

about Medtronic. Unlike Guidant, who has techs available 24/7, Medtronic has no

techs available on the weekends. Guess we're just supposed to have problems or

questions during the week!

Having had Guidant devices for years, I'm not accustomed to

the " sounds " that Medtronic icd's emit to indicate issues. My device

was just implanted a year ago, and was just interrogated a couple of weeks ago.

Battery life is fine. This morning I heard a

series of sounds that certainly seemed to be coming from the icd. I feel fine -

knock wood, have had no shocks from this device. As for checking any sort of

Medtronic booklet that I might have been given at the time of implant, mea

culpa. I'm not sure if I have one - and, if I do, where it is. My wife

thinks we should check in with the ER, but I'm vetoing that.

Any thoughts or info?

Thanks!

Doug in NY

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All,

Last Monday

afternoon I had chest pains I was convinced were a problem. I went to the ER and ended up spending

the night. Now all the doctors all

think it was heartburn but that I did the correct thing going the ER. The ER doc couldn’t rule out a

problem. I feel foolish but not as

foolish as I would have had there been a problem and I ignored it.

Have you tried

calling your EP? There is a

possibility that a technician can meet you someplace to check the ICD and you will

know for sure that everything is OK.

You might be able to use the CareLink service to upload your

information.

I was told to

listen for beeps at a particular time each day and to call the office if I

heard something.

Joe Schmidt

God

Loves Us All

But isn't

always happy with us!

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Baker

Sent: Saturday, May 10, 2008 3:15

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Subject: RE: Sounds from

Medtronic ICD

My ICD was interrogated

upteen times by the EP fellows themselves. I would go to the ED.

From:

[mailto: ] On Behalf Of Doug Parsons

Sent: Saturday, May 10, 2008 2:28

PM

Subject: Sounds from

Medtronic ICD

Well, I've just learned a disturbing fact about Medtronic.

Unlike Guidant, who has techs available 24/7, Medtronic has no techs available

on the weekends. Guess we're just supposed to have problems or questions during

the week!

Having

had Guidant devices for years, I'm not accustomed to the " sounds "

that Medtronic icd's emit to indicate issues. My device was just implanted a

year ago, and was just interrogated a couple of weeks ago. Battery

life is fine. This morning I heard a series of sounds that certainly seemed to

be coming from the icd. I feel fine - knock wood, have had no shocks from this

device. As for checking any sort of Medtronic booklet that I might have been

given at the time of implant, mea culpa. I'm not sure if I have one - and,

if I do, where it is. My wife thinks we should check in with the ER, but I'm

vetoing that.

Any

thoughts or info?

Thanks!

Doug in

NY

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