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Just about any EP will require anticoagulation for the three month “blanking period” following an ablation. Beyond that, it will depend on which areas of the left atrium were ablated. For example, if the left atrial appendage (LAA) were isolated then anticoagulation would continue at least 6 months until a trans-esophageal echo (TEE) could confirm satisfactory LAA emptying velocity to discontinueby wolfpack - AFIBBERS FORUM
QuoteCarey In broad strokes, I’d say it depends on mediation. Vagally mediated AF is unlikely to become persistent or permanent. Adrenergically mediated AF, on the other hand, tends to be progressive. What do you base that on? An article I read years ago and can’t find anymore! Vagal tone isn’t generally associated with any sort of structural heart abnormalities, whereas adrenergic canby wolfpack - AFIBBERS FORUM
In broad strokes, I’d say it depends on mediation. Vagally mediated AF is unlikely to become persistent or permanent. Adrenergically mediated AF, on the other hand, tends to be progressive.by wolfpack - AFIBBERS FORUM
Jackie, I believe the daily dosage of iodine - as Potassium Iodide - is 225 ug (micrograms).by wolfpack - GENERAL HEALTH FORUM
My first thought would be a university with a biochemistry department. My alma mater comes to mind.by wolfpack - AFIBBERS FORUM
Jackie, I've been supplementing the liquid iodine for a couple of months now, but haven't noticed a big difference. Now that the weather is finally turning colder, I think it's time to try something else. As I understand it, L-citrulline is a precursor to L-arginine. The theory is cirtuline may stay in one's system longer before being excreted as L-arginine. I was reluctby wolfpack - GENERAL HEALTH FORUM
Anybody know what it would take to get a US lab to assay any of these products? If the cost were acceptable, I'd be willing to contribute to such an effort. Maybe the government won't do it, but who says a consumer-based group can't?by wolfpack - AFIBBERS FORUM
Thanks. I am trying the L-citruline powder right now. I’ll see how that goes. If it also helps Raynaud’s then that will be a major clue!by wolfpack - GENERAL HEALTH FORUM
I just ordered the Healthy Origins powder from iherb. I'll be switching as soon as it arrives. Here's hoping it works well!by wolfpack - AFIBBERS FORUM
Well, at age 43 now my diastolic is creeping up to the 90 mm Hg number where I'm going to get put on a medication if I can't reverse this trend. Prior to my ablation, I had diastolics around 80 and sometimes even dipping into the 70's. At 6'0" and 200 lbs, I don't think BMI is a huge issue. I could drop 10 lbs and see where that gets me. I doubt I could drop 20 lbs wby wolfpack - GENERAL HEALTH FORUM
My Dad had it at age 51 or 52, I got it at age 41, now mom's got it at 71. So far, Dad's and my ablations have held up fine. We'll see what happens with mom, but she's got at least two "canaries in the coal mine" that say things will be OK. Just pair with the best EP you can find (1000+ left-atrial ablations) and you have every reason to believe it will work.by wolfpack - AFIBBERS FORUM
Agree w/ Carey. Even if they don't change the Mg formulation there's still a HUGE risk that either the pills themselves or the bottles and packaging could have significant contamination with other toxins. There are no rules in the wild, wild, East. Bribe the right officials and you could ship lead and cyanide to your customers. Just look at all the dead dogs from Chinese pet treats a feby wolfpack - AFIBBERS FORUM
Damn it, This formulation of Mg was (is) working for me like a charm, and now I have to switch. On top of that, I just recommended the brand to my 71 year old mother, who was just diagnosed last week with AF. My dad got it at age 51. (Hint - anyone who thinks this thing doesn’t have a hereditary factor is, well, WRONG!!!) Diligence is always the answer. Thank God for this website.by wolfpack - AFIBBERS FORUM
Be careful on the flec. Anti-arrhythmics are not drugs you want to risk overdose with. I’d wait to see how things go and call your cardiologist on Monday morning. As for the fasting, that is great for lowering blood sugar but not so good for electrolytes. Try to supplement potassium and magnesium while fasting. The Waller Water recipe (posted many times here) would be great for the Mg. I’m surby wolfpack - AFIBBERS FORUM
Capsaicin (the oil in all peppers that makes them spicy) isn’t digestible by humans. So the gut reacts by reversing the flow of water across the membranes in the small intestine to flush it out. You can lose electrolytes in this manner, and thus experience some arrhythmia. One of my tried and true (and all natural and 100% organic) methods for “clearing the pipes”as it were, is to eat a coupleby wolfpack - AFIBBERS FORUM
If I were on long term anticoagulation therapy, I’d seriously consider a tattoo to that effect. Although you’d probably have to lie to the tattoo shop about the anticoagulation! Come to think of it, that presents an interesting quandary. “Why do you want a tattoo that says Eliquis?” “Um, no reason...”by wolfpack - AFIBBERS FORUM
Per Wikipedia, PespiCo took BVO out of Gatorade a few years ago. That being said, Gatorade also contains too much sugar. The G2 brand uses other sweeteners and may be better.by wolfpack - AFIBBERS FORUM
Win the lottery at age 25 and never work another day in my life! That was plan A, of course. As it happened, plan B became necessary. Seriously, I'd like to have had the presence of mind to reduce job stress at an earlier point rather than being pigheaded about it and insisting to myself that I could handle it. Stress is really a double-edged sword (or even triple-edged?) because notby wolfpack - AFIBBERS FORUM
It's fair to point out that a lot of this forum and its users deal with "lone" AF, or AF not caused by valve replacements or other heart surguries. That's not to say that there isn't expertise here, but do be careful mapping treatments for lone AF to valvular AF. The objection to amiodarone amongst the LAF community is grounded and well understood, but I'd solicit moby wolfpack - AFIBBERS FORUM
QuoteCarey Which is why you shouldn't inject potassium unless you happen to be a physician familiar with IV dosing protocols. And when they do, the potassium bag (small) is paralleled with the saline bag (large). They are supposed to run out at the same time. They don't. When the saline runs out first, the high-concentrate KCl burns like a red hot poker in your arm! I needed two bagby wolfpack - AFIBBERS FORUM
We are all experiments of one, for sure. In my case, there's a maternal hereditary trait for Hypokalemia. I found this out the hard way about 6 years ago when my then baby daughter got a stomach bug and threw up on me. Two days later, I've got Montezuma's Revenge as it were. That dropped my K levels to something like 1.7 and I became paralyzed on the toilet. I though it was theby wolfpack - AFIBBERS FORUM
Vagal AF responds very well to ablation. I'm a walking example myself. The fear is natural (and rational).by wolfpack - AFIBBERS FORUM
Ditto what Carey said. Age? What other meds have been tried, specifically anti-arrhythmics (Rhythmol, Tikosyn, Cordarone)? Amiodarone is very powerful for sure, but it comes with some nasty side-effects.by wolfpack - AFIBBERS FORUM
QuoteElizabeth Libby: Yep, you can with Potassium, too much of that electrolyte can kill you. Liz True, but difficult to do orally. You'd get plenty of warning signs beforehand in terms of gastrointestinal distress. To kill yourself with potassium supplements you'd have to grind them up and either inhale them or take them as a suppository! That being said, do tread carefullyby wolfpack - AFIBBERS FORUM
Sage wisdom, and all of which I wish I had read prior to my 1st (and so far successful) ablation two years ago. Mine was done at Duke University by Dr. Kevin Thomas. At the time he told me he'd done about 600 cases. I didn't know enough to ask if they were all left-atrial complex arrhythmia cases or rather just ablations in total. To be honest, I was just chomping at the bit to get ridby wolfpack - AFIBBERS FORUM
QuoteStarwarsfan And what causes PACs? Same thing that causes afib. Irritated electrical substrate in the atria. That can be fibrosis (scar tissue) or electrolyte imbalance. If you're young, bet against fibrosis and follow the sage advice of electrolyte supplementation (magnesium and potassium). I've been doing that for going on two years now and PACs are thankfully fading away. Daysby wolfpack - AFIBBERS FORUM
QuoteCarey What's less alarming is they found no clinical significance to the lesions. Although the lesions themselves have been detected in other studies, I was unable to find any study showing they had clinical significance. So at this point they appear to be an interesting observation that has no known impact on patients. Will we find out there's a dire consequence 20 years from now?by wolfpack - AFIBBERS FORUM
Sounds suspiciously like sodium.by wolfpack - AFIBBERS FORUM
I am (was) a vagal AF'er and propafenone was middling at best. Plenty of breakthroughs. I had to drink beer to counter the beta blocker effect of it. No lie.by wolfpack - AFIBBERS FORUM
Dan, I don't know much about Digoxin other than it's ancient. I'd ask some hard questions to my practitioner as to why a 200 year old medication is being prescribed as opposed to more modern ones. If I didn't get a satisfactory answer, I'd look for more informed, and better, opinion.by wolfpack - AFIBBERS FORUM