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I have sinus bradycardia. dr is recommending pacemaker are there any other alternatives that can be consider?
3 doctors weighed in across 2 answers
Bradycardia: More information is needed to advise you. If your heart rate won't increase adequately with exercise, you may need need a pacer to allow you to increase activity.
Answered 3/26/2014
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Only if symptomatic: This depends on the health of the heart, exclusion of any other problems, and presence of symptoms. Healthy, conditioned athletes may have sinus bradycardia while sleeping, sometimes as low as a hr in the 30s! but one key distinction is that the hr increases with exercise. If you have no symptoms, have a normal hr response to exercise, and heart function is nml -- pacer is probably unnecessary.
Answered 3/10/2017
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