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You’ll be back to work after a week most likely. Giving a presentation should be no problem at all. 20,000 steps on a FitBit is no problem. Go for it! Ignore Mandrola.by wolfpack - AFIBBERS FORUM
My resting HR is consistently 45-50 bpm. It's not an issue in any way shape or form if it's the result of chronic fitness.by wolfpack - AFIBBERS FORUM
What they see during an ablation is the electrical activity on the inside of the heart, specifically the left atrium. Nothing more. If you're having other symptoms that you believe to be related to your heart, tell your doctor right away. If you haven't had an echo, that might be a good idea. It's easy, quick, and painless.by wolfpack - AFIBBERS FORUM
QuoteCarey I'm sorry but I don't share your unquestioning worship of doctors. I've seen doctors kill patients through ignorance and lack of up-to-date training. If I had stuck with my original cardiologist, I'd still be in a-fib and on 250 mg of metoprolol with a pacemaker. That was the advice at the time and, thankfully, my last office visit there. At the time I didnby wolfpack - AFIBBERS FORUM
QuoteSocalsteve Bottom line is that I am a cyclist. It’s my passion in every sense of the word and while on metropolol, I cannot enjoy cycling. There has to be other choices. I’m hoping not to have to use Metropolol at all as it surely seems to not bring anything positive to the table, just negative. Hopefully the Flecanide alone will do the trick. Like Carey said, Flec goes with a betaby wolfpack - AFIBBERS FORUM
Yes, it is hereditary. My Mom and Dad both have it. Murmurs, however, aren’t really related. Valves make noise, and they aren’t involved with arrhythmia - to a first order at least. Valve replacement is certainly a cause for AF, but if the ones you were born with are just rumbling a bit I don’t think that means much.by wolfpack - AFIBBERS FORUM
Quoteanneh I was wondering about reducing my Eliquis dose to 2.5 bid from 5bid as I haven't had AF for over 6mths and was thinking perhaps doing the reduced dose (I am constantly fearful of brain bleed) along with fish oil etc and then taking full dose when in AF. anneh I like the article, but I wish he hadn't expressed things in percentages. 1% of what amount of time? Statistics suggby wolfpack - AFIBBERS FORUM
QuoteSocalsteve Wow! Thanks! I do believe the digoxin was more recommended while I’m having a long term afib episode as opposed to daily usage. The way it was explained was that the metropolol would lower rate and the digoxin will keep me from the rate jumping all over the place and making me more comfortable . I was going from the 70’s to the 130’s during my episode. That's what antiby wolfpack - AFIBBERS FORUM
No problem, but fact check me. I probably got some stuff wrong there! Typed it pretty fast. The Khan videos are really well done, though. If you have an hour or two, watch them all. Maybe take a break in between so your brain doesn't swell, but you'll come out in the end with a really good basic intro to cardiac electrophysiology. I find that some doctors will open up a bit more and speby wolfpack - AFIBBERS FORUM
Yes, PACs almost invariably precede an AF episode. They are happening because the conduction in the atria is changing and other foci, likely in and around the pulmonary veins, are beginning to depolarize at a frequency very near the sinoatrial (SA) node - the heart's natural pacemaker. Thus the re-entrant rhythm we call atrial fibrillation. If it happens when you are under exertion then tby wolfpack - AFIBBERS FORUM
Quotebolimasa To expand, the R waves are the “tops” of the QRS complexes (the “big spikes”). Each little box on the EKG trace in the X (horizontal) direction is 40 ms (milliseconds). There are 5 “little” boxes in one “big” box, making the “big” box 200 ms, or 0.2 seconds. Just remember that and it’s pretty easy to count them up. I get the basic waves... but what I don't get is telling aby wolfpack - AFIBBERS FORUM
I got on a treadmill and ran 3 10-minute miles 8 days after my ablation. It would've been very light work, pre-ablation, for me but it caused AF for a few hours afterwards. I really had to ease back into things. I'd wait at least a month if I had to do it over. But the worst case as far as your heart is concerned is that you'll trigger an AF episode. The bigger deal, as Carey saby wolfpack - AFIBBERS FORUM
To expand, the R waves are the “tops” of the QRS complexes (the “big spikes”). Each little box on the EKG trace in the X (horizontal) direction is 40 ms (milliseconds). There are 5 “little” boxes in one “big” box, making the “big” box 200 ms, or 0.2 seconds. Just remember that and it’s pretty easy to count them up.by wolfpack - AFIBBERS FORUM
You could always get the Kardia, too, and compare them. I know it's expensive but so is everything else when it comes to AF. I probably eat over a Kardia's worth of supplements every other month!by wolfpack - AFIBBERS FORUM
12-lead is too much. You'd have difficulty placing the pads if you haven't been trained how to do it properly. And even then it's kind of difficult to do on ones' own self. I wouldn't recommend anyone purchase such a technical monitor unless you're really, really motivated to learn how to use it and can justify the expense. Kardia is the best, in my opinion. The sby wolfpack - AFIBBERS FORUM
If afib made anyone suddenly drop dead, then this forum would be a lot less active! It won’t.by wolfpack - AFIBBERS FORUM
HMOs are the pits. Pay extra for the PPO if that’s what it takes. There may be ways around the open enrollment, called “qualifying events”, but I must admit I don’t really know much about the individual insurance market.by wolfpack - AFIBBERS FORUM
40 bpm is no big deal, especially when you’re in bed. Short bursts of tachycardia are also no big deal if they are < 30 seconds. Basically, if you haven’t fallen over or passed out due to an arrhythmia then there really isn’t a need to panic. It’s treatable and you’re going to be OK.by wolfpack - AFIBBERS FORUM
Yeah, a guess on my part. I wouldn’t put any money on it.by wolfpack - AFIBBERS FORUM
Looks like flutter to me with a rate of 140-170 bpm. As with all atrial arrhythmia, it's going to do what it's going to do when it wants to do it. Thankfully yours didn't last long.by wolfpack - AFIBBERS FORUM
QuoteCarey Demntia is thought to be due to microclots accumulating over the years Or microbleeds. Double-edged sword.by wolfpack - AFIBBERS FORUM
Quotebolimasa My EP is Nassir Marrouche....he seems like a big wig in the field.... Lots of current papers in the journals, runs the UofU CARMA center. He's definitely be pro ablation... Whether he's good at them or not? Not see sure how to tell. So any info would be helpful. Being new to the diagnosis and having an otherwise healthy heart hopefully makes mine is fairly easy fix thaby wolfpack - AFIBBERS FORUM
I like the article, but I wish he hadn't expressed things in percentages. 1% of what amount of time? Statistics suggest that TWO HOURS of sustained AF is enough for a clot to form. That, of course, will be dependent on the individual and his or her blood viscosity and tendency to coagulate. My takeaway from the article is that it argues well for a PIP approach using DOACs for paroxysmal AF pby wolfpack - AFIBBERS FORUM
It's prescription because it's a single pill with more than 99mg of potassium in it. That's the legal limit. No other reason, and there's nothing special about it.by wolfpack - AFIBBERS FORUM
Mag glycinate is an excellent choice. I'd stick with it. If you want to push upwards on the dosage, by all means go ahead. Go slowly, say 500mg for a week, then 600mg. You want to carefully establish bowel tolerance and not get yourself into a place where you have liquid stools that just shed all the electrolytes and set you back to square one. And, yes, PACs are incredibly neurogenic. Iby wolfpack - AFIBBERS FORUM
QuoteAnneC Wolfpack, You mentioned that your afib episodes were preceeded by PACs - did you find there was anything you could do while experiencing the PACs which prevented an afib episode from coming on? Regards Anne That was prior to my ablation. The "old normal", as I call it. The AF episodes were always preceded by PACs in increasing frequency. I could not do anything toby wolfpack - AFIBBERS FORUM
I think she meant the possibility of a clot in the left atrium, not the left ventricle. If you see P-waves, you're not in AF. Something sounds amiss here. I second Carey's comments about seeing a cardiologist.by wolfpack - AFIBBERS FORUM
QuoteCatherine Wolfpack, how do you do that rythmic breathing? I have no idea. I just sort of invented it while driving the car as the episode started. Deep breaths in, slow out. The key at the time was not to get myself more worked up, because that just “locks in” the episode. Once nerves take over all is lost.by wolfpack - AFIBBERS FORUM
You’re just right outside the blanking period. I’d say stay the course for now. I don’t think supplements are a bad idea. If they calm the ectopics then great. If arrhythmia is destined to return then they won’t stand in its way, at least not for long.by wolfpack - AFIBBERS FORUM
You could also just ask for a RX for potassium. I've been taking 10 mEq for years now. It's really not that much, and it's not a "heavy duty" prescription medication like a beta-blocker, anticoagulant or anti-arrhythmic. It's literally just potassium chloride (KCl) in a time-release capsule. Nothing else to it.by wolfpack - AFIBBERS FORUM