Second Degree AV Block WITH a Pacemaker
Hi all. I’m a 33 y.o. female and had a pacemaker placed last year for second degree (2:1) av block mobitz 2. Ever since, I’ve continued having strange symptoms. I thought they were a ton of PAC’s / PVC’s, so my EP had me wear a two week zio monitor. I got the results back and it captured 783 episodes of second degree av block. Sure, there were no significant pauses noted. But I’m still concerned. I thought that was why I got a pacemaker, to prevent that. Anyone have any experience with something like this? I’m going in tomorrow for potential pacemaker setting changes. Most of the blocks were between 50-60bpm, so maybe raising my lower limit from 50 to 60 would help some. I feel so defeated and scared. When I feel it happen, it’s like: beat beat skip thud, a few times over. So it’s likely my pacemaker is stepping in as my hr hasn’t fallen like it used to, but I wish it would step in far sooner. Each time I feel that dropped beat (which is like, everytime my body moves even a little bit) it’s totally unsettling and gives me so much anxiety.