Guest guest Posted January 14, 2008 Report Share Posted January 14, 2008 Hello fellow Chiarians, I'm wondering if anyone has had experience with pacemakers. After having a positive tilt table test where I fainted after about 20 mins, my cardiologist has written to me saying that they could offer me a pacemaker of the type DDDR (I have no idea what this acronym means!). He said that on the tilt table, my heart rate was fast initially but then slowed quite considerably and my bp dropped which was when I blacked out. He said that there were no guarantees, but I could have a pacemaker and then they could medicate me for tachycardia (I presume he is talking about beta blockers). It all seems a bit drastic to me... I thought they would offer me medication first. If anyone has any info or experience I'd love to hear it... especially anybody who is living with Chiari and has a pacemaker. I'd particularly like to know if the pacemaker helped and how it's affected day to day life... I know it means you can't have an MRI which is inconvenient for us Chiarians! Many thanks in advance, Amy (UK) ___________________________________________________________ To help you stay safe and secure online, we've developed the all new Yahoo! Security Centre. http://uk.security.yahoo.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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