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Anxiety is a well known trigger for afib, but you have to have the substrate to sustain afib. In other words, anxiety doesn't cause afib in people who don't have afib to begin with. So ablating it as necessary isn't a waste of time. Once you get the monkey into a cage all the anxiety in the world won't release him.by Carey - AFIBBERS FORUM
Quoteshca67 Interesting information...I am a large consumer of sugar via fruits and fruit juinces. To answer Carey's question, they typically feel like a "thump" for an instant...I have had them on and off for years and previous stress and holter monitor tests pointed to PVC's. Compared to PAC's and AFIB (much softer "thump" and more of a fluttering, lighter misby Carey - AFIBBERS FORUM
QuoteGeocappy I hope some of you can help me out. Had persistent afib for approx 3 years before Dr Natale did my ablation a little over a year ago. Stayed in NSR since the ablation with no afib or flutter (no heart meds for last 7+/- months except blood thinner. 6 month and 12 month 7 day monitor were ok. Then a few days ago my first afib - after an hour to 150m Flec/25mg Metop - NSR 3 hourby Carey - AFIBBERS FORUM
May I summarize Hans Larson's conclusions? Digoxin is an awful drug. No cardiologist who's up-to-date on their continuing medical education would prescribe it for afib. Another reason Hans didn't mention is that there's a very small window between the effective dose and the toxic dose. Lookup digoxin toxicity.by Carey - AFIBBERS FORUM
It varies from one EP to the next, but with atrial tach I don't think having you in the arrhythmia would be as important as it might be with afib.by Carey - AFIBBERS FORUM
How do you know they're PVCs?by Carey - AFIBBERS FORUM
I think the cardiologist would be a good idea. PVCs shouldn't be painful.by Carey - AFIBBERS FORUM
Quoteggheld LAA peak vel 60 cm/s (--) There's your answer. You have adequate flow velocity in the LAA to make anticoagulants unnecessary. When I received my Watchman in 2018 the lower limit was 45 cm/s (mine was 32 cm/s).by Carey - AFIBBERS FORUM
When I got my Watchman in 2018 it wasn't an option then either. They said I could get one locally and they would be happy to send their requirements to the doctor doing it, but odds were they wouldn't get what they wanted and I'd have to fly to Austin and do it over. So I skipped the do-over and flew to Austin. CTA wasn't an option in 2018.by Carey - AFIBBERS FORUM
The advantage a TEE has is it shows motion. You can see heart wall movement in real time AND blood flow because it's a doppler device. So that allows them to see volume, velocity, and turbulence of blood flowing through the heart. That's particularly important at the first TEE when they're especially concerned with finding any leaks.by Carey - AFIBBERS FORUM
No, an increase in BP isn't a normal, but I doubt the BP and headaches are related to the ablation. The increased HR 7 months out isn't surprising. HR almost always goes up following an ablation and can remain elevated for a surprisingly long time, upwards of a year.by Carey - AFIBBERS FORUM
Quoteggheld At athat time, Feb., 2021, Natale sealed my LAA as part of my ablation, then I took Eliquis for 6 months, went for a TEE performed by another EP, the results of which Natale determined showed no leakage so I was taken off all blood thinners. An ablation can't seal the LAA. The process you describe sure sounds like a Watchman. Can you explain what he did if it wasn't a Waby Carey - AFIBBERS FORUM
You definitely don't want to be crossing any international border with any sort of cannabis product without knowing the laws on both sides of that border. It's nuts to do otherwise.by Carey - AFIBBERS FORUM
It's fine either way. There's no reason to complicate this. I don't even know why you're referring to the prohibited subjects list.by Carey - GENERAL HEALTH FORUM
The 50 ml bag is a standard IV dosage and should be fine. It's not too concentrated. If fluid replenishment isn't needed there's no reason to wait for a full 500 ml to be infused.by Carey - AFIBBERS FORUM
Quotesusan.d I’m following the guidelines of it’s cardiology related This is General Health, so posts aren't required to be cardiac-related. They can be on any health topic.by Carey - GENERAL HEALTH FORUM
Riding 50 miles in hilly terrain is far more exertion than dancing ever could be; trust me on that. Bottom line is if you're one of the majority like me who feel perfectly fine after an ablation, I just don't see any reason to refrain from going to a wedding. It's just walking, possibly some dancing, and your EP wants you moving.by Carey - AFIBBERS FORUM
Talk to Natale's office. It's possible they can recommend someone in your area, and if not I believe he's accepting CTAs now in lieu of a TEE and those can be done almost anywhere.by Carey - AFIBBERS FORUM
I'm curious what those who think one needs to "take it easy" think that means. Going to a wedding is nothing more than some walking, which any EP will tell you that you should do ASAP following the procedure. No doctor on the planet would advise you to stay in bed or on the couch. As long as you avoid lifting, which can be accomplished with a little planning, I don't see any iby Carey - AFIBBERS FORUM
No problem at all except for the lifting restriction Susan mentioned. You'll be limited to lifting no more than 10 lbs for 5 days.by Carey - AFIBBERS FORUM
Are you on any meds and if so what are they?by Carey - AFIBBERS FORUM
I'll await your cardiologist's opinion but I don't see an issue. Alternans is something usually seen with fluid buildup in the pericardial sac surrounding your heart, such as cardiac tamponade or severe pericardial effusion, both of which would make you very sick and come with lots of severe symptoms. I think what you're seeing is just normal variation.by Carey - AFIBBERS FORUM
Hmmm... tough call, but given your age and the history you've given us, you're at least a CHADS-Vasc 3, which normally would mean Eliquis for sure, but the Atriclip changes that calculation and puts you back to 0 or 1. Although anticoagulants don't cause bleeding (so they don't cause MD), they do prolong bleeding so they can make MD worse. Dropping to a half-dose is probabby Carey - AFIBBERS FORUM
Are you on any meds? If so, what are they?by Carey - AFIBBERS FORUM
Reasonable thing to ask the doc about, but in the end I'd rather be blind than suffer a major stroke. It's a tradeoff of risks, as always.by Carey - AFIBBERS FORUM
QuoteMarco DO you guys think I should make sure I ask for Flecainide? No, not at all. Let the EP decide what might be most effective. Flecainide isn't some sort of miracle drug.by Carey - AFIBBERS FORUM
QuoteMarco Humans evolved over millions of years to drink spring water that contained some fluoride, high levels of Fluoride were unlikely ingested during evolution. They most certainly were. It's not just manmade sources. Most groundwater contains at least some naturally occurring fluoride, and some contains quite a bit. Africa most notably has many areas with high levels, and that'by Carey - AFIBBERS FORUM
I only spent a few months on it, but I found that the longer you take it, the more effective it becomes. And that's exactly what others who'd been on it told me to expect. I think it's a pretty good bet it will continue to work for you until next summer.by Carey - AFIBBERS FORUM
QuoteMarco thanks. We do need a tiny bit of fluoride, but not too much. Too much Fluoride will almost certainly interact with the absorption of two very important mineral such as Magnesium and Iodine. Hopefully Flecainide has just a tiny bit in it I understand, but you should also understand that humans evolved over millions of years drinking water that contained high levels of fluoride. I thinby Carey - AFIBBERS FORUM
I don't know the chemical composition of flecainide and propafenone, but they almost certainly haven't changed. Changing the chemical formula would create a new drug, which means new clinical trials and new FDA approval. That's millions of dollars and years of time, so it didn't happen. You know that virtually all water and a gazillion other things you consume everyday contby Carey - AFIBBERS FORUM