I had a Boston Scientific Teligen 100 w/Guidant leads implanted on August 28, 2009. Almost 2 years later my thresh holds remain high at almost 1100 and I was told they want to repair or remove them because my interrogations keep showing loss of capture, noise and tons of events that look like artifacts (254 just since May 19th).
My last cardiologist said I don't need the leads out because I'm not pacemaker dependent, but I saw a new EP last Friday who did 45 min of extensive testing on my ICD. He said I should have never left the hospital with the leads the way they were or at the very least had them repaired within a few weeks time.
I still have my original problems that I had before implant, pvc's & nsvt runs daily, pre-syncope, dizziness, shortness of breath but it did alleviate complete syncopal episodes.
I was told symptoms from lead fracture or a leak would be acute, sharp pain in the upper middle abdomen, which I started getting in September 2010 with no insurance I couldn't get it checked.
Does this sound like a lead leaking or fracture? What exactly happens with leaking - does it leak in your body? Could this cause other problems if it leaks for a certain time? Are there symptoms with leaking or fracture as my dr in 2010 told me?
Thanks in advance any help or info is appreciated.