I have a Medtronics pacemaker as well, which is scheduled to be replaced this summer. I don't have a phone app though there might be one available. How do you use the information that it provides? I go in about once every 6 months and the Medtronics people read it and provide my cardiologist with about 20 pages of data.
In reality I pay very little attention to data produced by my pacemaker.
I check to make the App on the iPhone is always running and I sleep with the phone near my bed so they’re not far apart.
About once a month I get a message on the App and from my doctor that the App has successfully transmitted data to the provider and thankfully each time the provider has sent me a response that says, the data has been reviewed, and no further action needs to be taken.
I’ve only had the pacemaker since June of 2024, not even two years.
What was the reason you had the pacemaker implanted ???
I had open heart surgery to replace my aortic valve and to repair an aneurysm on my ascending aorta.
The pacemaker was implanted while I was in the hospital recovering from the surgery, my heart rate dropped to 30 beats per minute, it was during a walk around the Cardiac ICU, the nurse got me back into my room quickly and turn on the temporary pacemaker that I was connected to.
An electrophysiologist came in and reviewed my situation and determined I had gone into Stage 3 heart block and the only way to fix it was implanting a pacemaker, later that day I was hauled into another surgery to have the pacemaker implanted.
Since then, I’ve felt great and workout at a gym 4-5 times a week.