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Hi All.
Just wanted to put a feeler out about pericarditis. 3 weeks ( implant on 3/25 ) after my ICD implant, they carted me out of my home ( via ambulance and paramedics ) with sharp stinging chest pains. That in itself was scary Quite a scene on a nice peacefull Saturday afternoon. To make a long story short, it ended up to be pericarditis. Treatment, Motrin, and another week at home.
Is this unusual or is this fairly common after an implant?
Some Docs say it could be viral, others say it could come from lead irritation. If lead irritation, is this something that will come and go as long as the leads are in place or could this be a one time deal when he leads were put in place?
Has anyone else had similar experience??
On another note:
I've always been a stickler on keeping records. I have all my records, ecg's, echo reports, cardiac studies, reports, etc in 1 folder ( by date ). When the paramedics came and read my ecg, their eyebrows raised up, thinking this guy has had a heart attack. I told my wife to get the "folder" They were able to compare the ecg's and pretty much rule out a heart attack.
When I got to the emergency room, I handed the folder to the physicians. I can't tell you how much time was saved by having all the data available. They even complemented me on the records I kept. It enabled them to make their diagnosis that much faster.
One of the cardiologists made a recomendation that I though was pretty good. He told me to laminate a copy of the ecg on a credit card size card and Keep it with me in my wallet along with any other important data, perhaps on the other side of the card.
Stay Well
Reinhard
Just wanted to put a feeler out about pericarditis. 3 weeks ( implant on 3/25 ) after my ICD implant, they carted me out of my home ( via ambulance and paramedics ) with sharp stinging chest pains. That in itself was scary Quite a scene on a nice peacefull Saturday afternoon. To make a long story short, it ended up to be pericarditis. Treatment, Motrin, and another week at home.
Is this unusual or is this fairly common after an implant?
Some Docs say it could be viral, others say it could come from lead irritation. If lead irritation, is this something that will come and go as long as the leads are in place or could this be a one time deal when he leads were put in place?
Has anyone else had similar experience??
On another note:
I've always been a stickler on keeping records. I have all my records, ecg's, echo reports, cardiac studies, reports, etc in 1 folder ( by date ). When the paramedics came and read my ecg, their eyebrows raised up, thinking this guy has had a heart attack. I told my wife to get the "folder" They were able to compare the ecg's and pretty much rule out a heart attack.
When I got to the emergency room, I handed the folder to the physicians. I can't tell you how much time was saved by having all the data available. They even complemented me on the records I kept. It enabled them to make their diagnosis that much faster.
One of the cardiologists made a recomendation that I though was pretty good. He told me to laminate a copy of the ecg on a credit card size card and Keep it with me in my wallet along with any other important data, perhaps on the other side of the card.
Stay Well
Reinhard
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