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What Causes Rapid Heart Rate With A Pace Maker?

My mother has a pace maker and was put in for the fact that heart rate was going too low..but last couple days heart rate been up and now it is over 100 and she is having some missed heart beats and she feels hot..what would be the reason for high heart rate with a pacemaker
posted on Fri, 14 Mar 2014
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If she has been on pacemaker and the heart rates fluctuate then this need to be investigated and the fist test would be ECG and ECHO without this is not possible to say anything some time spontaneous response may come in conduction system of heart, hope this helps.
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What Causes Rapid Heart Rate With A Pace Maker?

HI Well come to HCM If she has been on pacemaker and the heart rates fluctuate then this need to be investigated and the fist test would be ECG and ECHO without this is not possible to say anything some time spontaneous response may come in conduction system of heart, hope this helps.