Quotecolindo Is this what we are looking for Interesting article, but the Japanese eat a decidedly different diet than most westerners so I have to wonder how much of the results are due to the specific study population. It's food for thought (ha ha), but definitely not much more than that. The waters are still too muddy on cholesterol, statins, heart disease, etc. What I found moreby Carey - AFIBBERS FORUM
If it can obtain high quality ECGs while running, biking, etc, that's impressive. They must have implemented the same filters that stress test ECGs use. I took a look at their web site, and unfortunately it has two big drawbacks for me. First, it doesn't support Android phones, and second, it's not available in the US. You can only buy it in Canada, Australia and Europe.by Carey - AFIBBERS FORUM
Quotesmackman For instance, A colonoscopy requires 5 days off any anticoagulant which is wrong IMO but I do not win. That is wrong. The usual standard is stopping 5 half-lives, and for Eliquis that would be 60 hours. They're using the warfarin half-life. And Eliquis has fewer side effects and far fewer drug interactions than warfarin, so that claim isn't really legit. As I said beby Carey - AFIBBERS FORUM
Great news, Lance! Welcome to the club. :-)by Carey - AFIBBERS FORUM
QuotePompon Do you think you might get good tracings with this device while exercising or moving? Doubt it. Even hospital monitors don't handle vigorous movement well. I managed to set off the v-tach alarm just thrashing around in the bed trying to rearrange the sheets.by Carey - AFIBBERS FORUM
QuoteErin Outside of more frequent bloodwork and diet restrictions, what are the other downfalls of warfarin? Warfarin has higher bleed risks. Its level of protection fluctuates with a number of things such as diet. It has a LOT of interactions with other drugs and foods. Regular testing is required. Some people don't stabilize well on it and have to constantly adjust dosages. It often tby Carey - AFIBBERS FORUM
QuoteGeorgeN I assume this would make you happier: LOL.... Yeah, that's a little more upbeat.by Carey - AFIBBERS FORUM
I hope the image you posted above isn't a real recording from him.by Carey - AFIBBERS FORUM
The first paragraph of the abcnews story pretty much sums it up. As I said, anticoagulants prolong bleeding caused by other things. They don't cause bleeding. Warfarin eating away at the arteries is particularly the thing I wanted to hear about. I don't believe that's true.by Carey - AFIBBERS FORUM
Yeah, go easy on the booze and the pseudoephedrine too. No big deal, just a bump in the road. You didn't do yourself any harm so there's no reason to worry about it.by Carey - AFIBBERS FORUM
QuoteDavrosT Carey - yeah, according to my wife I snore a lot these days. I would definitely get a sleep study done if I were you.by Carey - AFIBBERS FORUM
Quotecolindo Warfarin will cause bleeding, it eats away at the arteries, that's how it kills rats. Never heard that one. Got something to back that up?by Carey - AFIBBERS FORUM
QuoteElizabeth So why does stopping an anticoagulant causes bleeding to cease? Because the anticoagulant effects wear off and your blood coagulates again.by Carey - AFIBBERS FORUM
QuoteElizabeth Carey have you read the ASSERT 2 trial? Moreover, ASSERT 2 "substantially weakens the case that subclinical AF detected after stroke is linked to causality," he said. Yes, I have read it, and you're absolutely right. I was going to wait and see if someone mentioned it and you did. It's not really clear at all how long you have to be in afib to be at risk. Hby Carey - AFIBBERS FORUM
QuoteElizabeth Carey says anticoagulants don't cause bleeding? They don't. The only prolong bleeding caused by other things.by Carey - AFIBBERS FORUM
QuoteElizabeth I would like to see where 5 min. of AF can cause a clot also who is putting that out. My Holistic doctor says I am not in AF long enough to cause a clot and I am in AF longer than 5 min. It was the ASSERT trial. (Not that it matters but it was 6 minutes, not 5.) QuoteResults of the Asymptomatic AF and Stroke Evaluation in Pacemaker Patients and the AF Reduction Atrial Pacingby Carey - AFIBBERS FORUM
The startled waking certainly sounds like apnea. Do you also snore?by Carey - AFIBBERS FORUM
QuoteGeorgeN Not per Carey's example, but stroke risk in general increases as we age, afibber or not. Just like blood pressure and heart disease risk. However, this is not true for all, and is likely lifestyle related. For example at 63, I strive to keep my BP at 105/65 without meds. I also strive to keep my blood sugar low with fasting around 4.1 mmol/L in your units (75 mg/dL for theby Carey - AFIBBERS FORUM
QuoteErin I would rather worry about being on blood thinner than worrying about a stroke. Absolutely the right priority. Your chances of a stroke are much higher than your chances of a bleed from an anticoagulant, and your chances of dying or being severely disabled by a stroke are MUCH, MUCH higher than the same from a bleed. Remember, anticoagulants don't cause you to bleed. They only prby Carey - AFIBBERS FORUM
There's no direct connection known but high cholesterol is a risk factor for heart disease so it could perhaps help establish the conditions where it will appear. It's also a risk factor for stroke, which isn't what you want with afib.by Carey - AFIBBERS FORUM
Quotemwcf Noted Carey and thanks as always for your input, but at Bordeaux the protocol is AC for 3 months after ablation for all patients including paroxysmal AFrs and regardless of CHADS-Vasc score. Yes, sorry for not being clear. I wasn't counting the blanking period. All EPs will insist on ACs for at least 90 days following an ablation. And that's way to soon to declare successby Carey - AFIBBERS FORUM
QuoteErin ER report says I have this rapid vent.response. From what I read this is worse than regular. If your pulse is irregular and around 100, that is the less serious afib? Then it says on internet you need to get to hospital immediately i was told give it 30 minutes. None of this is correct. Whoever said you have to get to the hospital immediately has no idea what they're talking abby Carey - AFIBBERS FORUM
I'd say it's safe to say that if you underwent endometrial cancer surgery without special precautions that you don't have a bleeding disorder. Whatever happened as a kid must have been a short-term thing, perhaps induced by meds you were taking at the time, as you suggested.by Carey - AFIBBERS FORUM
QuoteBrian_og Does anyone know anyone that recommends just stopping AC after a successful Ablation? Depending on how we define successful also I guess. Sure, Natale will for some patients. So will my local EP. A lot of EPs will advise patients to stop anticoagulants following a successful ablation, but it depends on their CHADS-Vasc score and the EP's assessment of their stroke risk fromby Carey - AFIBBERS FORUM
Quotecolindo The question is, WHY does the stroke risk increase each year? What is the cause? It doesn't make any sense that your risk factor can be 1.7 and the nest year it's approx double. WHY? What is the cause? It does not increase each year. Your risk of having a stroke in 2018 is exactly the same as your risk of having a stroke in 2019, 2020, and so on (until your CHADS-Vasc sby Carey - AFIBBERS FORUM
Quotelds001 I read this quote below on a site. Can someone tell me if a Cha2ds2 score is a 2...does that mean that 2 out of 100 people will have a stroke? So my risk of a stroke is 2%? It's a bit less than that, more like 1.6%, but it's somewhere in that neighborhood. It does in fact mean that almost 2 out of 100 will have a stroke in the next 12 months. If you're graspingby Carey - AFIBBERS FORUM
QuoteErin Than you Carey. Wolfpack takes AC after an episode. Not sure about AC. Thanks again. Is that also aspirin or is it another drug? Around here AC usually means anticoagulant (but that's not a standard medical abbreviation like ASA for aspirin is). The anticoagulants are warfarin and all the NOACs such as Eliquis, Pradaxa, Xarelto, etc. Aspirin is not an anticoagulant; it's anby Carey - AFIBBERS FORUM
QuoteErin Could you please tell me what the abbreviations stand for? I know pip is pill in pocket. 'Is an aspirin? Thanks. Aspirin is abbreviated as ASA, and you do correctly understand PIP. Are there other abbreviations you don't understand?by Carey - AFIBBERS FORUM
Quotejpeters Did the study where the 1.7% increased risk was quoted say for every year? Stroke risk is normally quoted as an annual risk and that number jives with other sources I've seen for a CHADS 1.by Carey - AFIBBERS FORUM
Quotejpeters Hmm..that doesn't sound right. If your risk increases 1.7% this year, next year it's still 1.7%. It's like gambling..your chances of winning don't increase because you play more. It is correct. That's how cumulative risks work. The 1.7% figure is the risk of having a stroke during a single year, and you're right that the chance next year will still bby Carey - AFIBBERS FORUM