What is remote monitoring? The term remote monitoring means exactly what it implies: monitoring your heart and implanted device while you are at home, and...
Can remote monitoring be used with any ICD or pacemaker? Pacemakers and ICDs are very complex medical devices and are subject to continual evaluation and...
Frequently asked questions (FAQ) Is remote monitoring safe? Yes remote monitoring/follow up technology has been in use since 2000 and has been proven to be...
The potential benefits of remote technology Whether you are using remote monitoring or remote follow-up technology, your doctor and physiologist can be kept up...
Can I ask if any one else off this message board is planning to do anything for the Arrhythmia Awareness Week? Also has anyone any suggestions on what things...
Hi Carole I am hoping to target my GP surgeries and I am going to be writing to my MP. I am not sure where the balloon thing is happening, I haven't heard...
Hi All Has anyone had problems on their resting ECG which states they have flat T waves on V1-V6, if so could you explain what it means. Many thanks Yahoo! for...
I have answered this twice already, not realizing that I had to be a member of the group to reply, so those messages are forever lost in cyberspace. Those...
Thank you for the information Pam. I do have other issues, ventricular tachycardia, atrial fibrillation, and periods of asystole with syncope, for which I have...
Hi Julie, Yours sounds like a pretty unusual case. I know what Sick Sinus Syndrome is, but nothing as specific as SCN5A sinus node disease and mutation for...
Hello Julie Can I ask how often you have to have a ECG taken.? I find the medical staff don't seem to discuss with me what they are finding--is it worth me...
hi carole, i know the question wasnt directed toward me but i just thought you might want another persons perspective too?? whenever i go to the cardiologist...
Hi Pam Thank you for trying to help, it does seem complicated but I am sure I will get to the bottom of it. I don't have an ICD, I have a pacemaker but it is...
Hi Carole I only have an ECG done when they pick up a problem from my pacemaker readings, I don't have regular ECG done, may be if I was a little older or had...
Hi Carole I take Bisoprolol to stop or help easy the AF and the VT episodes. I know beta blockers are used for lots of things, like lowering BP and for panic...
hi all can someone tell me about the med called bisoprolol???sp i have been on tenormin & i have a pacemkr & i have coronary spasms which i wear a nitro...
Hi Suzanne I have persistent A-fib and have been on Bisoprolol for 18 months or so and am tolerating it well. It is used for rate control for A-fib, where it...
Bisoprolol is a beta blocker in the same family as Toprol, (metoprolol) or Atenolol. In persons with atrial fibrillation or SVT, it slows the rate. It also...
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Pam, Oh i also wanted to let you know or make sure you know that i didnt cause that car accident. A man in a a pick up truck ws fighting with his wife and he ...
hi harry, thank you for the info about the medicaiton for the afib. i m on altenol (tenormin) and coumadin, i have a pacemaker but it wont show up the...
Hi All How is everyone doing. Are you all busy organising events for the arrhythmia awareness week in June. I have ordered my pack so I can target several GP...
Just a reminder that you can register now for Arrhythmia Alliance Regional Meetings. NORTH WEST - Wythenshawe Hospital, Manchester - 25th April LONDON - The...
I was lucky enough to be at the Midlands meeting--although not for the whole of it. If anyone is thinking of going I can recommend it!!! You get to meet some...
I have a teenage daughter who has complete heart block, diagnsed at 34 weeks pregnancy, and fitted with a pacemaker on the first day. She gets quite low from...
Hi Karen, Welcome to our "family" . There are many of us here, some older and some younger. There is a separate board for the big kids and maybe Emily or hmm??...
Dear Karen Welcome to the message board. I'll ask Jo, our Youth Board Administrator, to get in touch to explain how our Youth Board operates so that your...
Hi Karen My daughter is a bit younger, she had a pacemaker last year at only 15. Naomi has suffered for sometime with blackouts and the Dr's put it down to all...
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