Yes, very rare. I am still not convienced that I needed the pacemaker
in the first place.
I was in recovery after carotid endarterectomy when it was noted that
my heart rate dropped. The doctor that did the surgery said that this
was not uncommon following that type of surgery. Then my PCP sends in a
cardiologist a few hours later for a consult. The cardiologist tells me
that I have a heart block and need a pacemaker implanted right away,
and scheduled it for the next morning.
I had MRI, echocardiogram, dopler sonagram, and nuclear stress test
done before the carotid surgery was done, and was told all tests were
good. I just can't understand how I could have gone from "all tests are
good" to Bradycardia in less than 24 hours.
Any ideas?