QuoteMarkoP Honestly i was hoping to hear i really don't need any ablation! If you are asymptomatic in afib with a resting pulse < 100 and anticoagulated, you can also choose to live with it. Your EP is correct in that the longer you stay in persistent afib, the more difficult it is to solve. However, Natale is the best at this.by GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
QuoteMarkoP I Live in Florida but this is my heart and i only have one so I'm willing to travel to the best specialist i can find (if i even need one at all!). Which leads me to who would that be? Certainly, would be grateful for any comments or referrals. Andrea Natale, Austin TX He ran the EP program at CC till around 2008. The MD CEO of CC declined to renew his contract bby GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
Quotegloaming You have an irritable heart that doesn't like what it has to do to keep you alive 24/7. In this post I show what my heart rate looks like without and with mouth tape at night. One heart rhythm strip where I started without mouth tape, woke up with a dry mouth & realized I'd been breathing through my mouth. Put tape on and went back to sleep. The difference is dramby GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
QuoteGeocappy Metformin - diabetes Ozempic- diabetes Olmesartan- kidney protection/ blood pressure When does it stop. Can anybody help with getting rid of these? Hoping successful ablation gets rid of 5 of them Lifestyle changes can put T2 diabetes in remission in many people, implementing these may also lower blood pressure. I gave this reference to my cousin's husband and it worby GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
Great news Tom!by GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
I have an afibber cousin who has also been a quadriplegic for over 40 years. He lives on disability so wondered if he could substitute epsom salt for the more expensive dimagnesium malate he takes. He asked me to test it for him since my bowel tolerance and the daily quantity of magnesium I take is so large. Here is what I wrote him: MgSO4 molar mass 120.366 Mg++ molar mass 24.304 %by GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
Sorry to hear about your stepson's cat. I've had cats for 40 years and get very attached to them. If you take the flec, you should also take the metoprolol. If you do that, then your rate should not be an issue. Should not be anyway since your procedure in a week. I'm guessing you have instructions from Natale or his staff to get off the flec a certain number of days beforby GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
QuoteGeocappy Ok. Getting NSRs again after getting a few “probable atrial fibrilations” and a few “unclassifieds”. None of my ECGs look like the examples above. I guess a few more days of no Flecanaide should lead to nothing but afib readings The graphs above are heart rate vs time, not ECG's. They are completely different.by GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
FWIW, George Eby was a member here when this was published. I have used taurine powder as a part of my afib remission "stack" since Dec 2004 or Jan 2005.by GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
To follow up on Carey's comment. Below I've zoomed in on an afib part of the second graph then below that a flutter part. These data are from recording the RR beat length in ms, then converting to heart rate. The heart rates are then plotted vs. cumulative time.by GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
QuoteDaisy Could someone bring you low sodium V8 juice? As, you probably know, it is very high in potassium. The potassium in LS V8 is from potassium chloride that they have added. Her stomach may also not be happy with it.by GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
QuotePompon George, your second graph shows the weakness of the beating during flutter... Not sure how you tell that as it BPM vs time.by GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
Quotesusan.d I got to figure out a way to take the supplements without getting my GI raw since I had GI bleed earlier this year from taking vitamin C. I got a sore stomach yesterday. Their potassium pills are almost certainly potassium chloride. In my and others' experiences, they can be hard on the stomach. I've found food grade potassium citrate powder to be pretty easy on the sby GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
Quotesusan.d Still in hospital, finally downgraded from icu to telemetry and today the hospitalist (who was not comfortable with sotalol and stopped cold turkey my dosage) wants my potassium levels to be 4.0 since i am back on sotalol with an increased dose. Nobody (cardiologists) ever mentioned this. I was given 2 big potassium pills every 4 hours. My current potassium is normal. My EXA test forby GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
Per Carey's comment on atrial flutter, atrial flutter is a very stable rhythm. Where afib heart rate is very variable also known as irregularly irregular. This is a heart rate vs. time graph (time in minutes) of the beginning of an afib episode. photo upload This is a heart rate vs. time graph with a couple of flutter episodes in the middle of an afib episode. On the right isby GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
QuoteGeocappy Most of my concern arises due to the incompetence of my cardiologist. I just met another person with persistent afib who goes to the same cardiologist since 2020 and has yet to be referred to EP. Even in EPs', advice can be bad. In my locale, a friend got advice from 2 EP's at our University Hospital. I told him the advice was outdated and sent him to Natale for a sucby GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
Here is a search on our site: Quite a few hits.by GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
I can have BP in the 90's or 80's and diastolic in the 50's or even 40's asymptomatically. Last night my pulse was a low of 43 and average of 47 during sleep and can drop into the 30's, again asymptomatically. This is where I live. The question of whether your BP & pulse is related to how you feel, or from a completely different cause is relevant. A search on flecby GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
When I first had afib over 18 years ago, I went from paroxysmal to a 2 1/2 month persistent episode within 2 months of my first episode. I went to a highly recommended cardiologist as the second cardio I'd gone to. He immediately told me that digoxin was his favorite afib med. I'd already found this site and I read the founder of this board, Hans Larsen's book, " Lone-Atriaby GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
My advice is to pay close attention to what works for you. While arginine is supposed to reduce tachycardia , it may not work that way for you. Or maybe try beet root powder or L-Citrulline which both can increase nitric oxide. Perhaps reducing the number of supplements you take, unless you've experienced a known benefit, to see if an unknown item(s) is causing issues. "I certaiby GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
Quotebettylou4488. What kind of doc would that be? Vascular Neurologist – A subspecialty of neurology, a physician who is specialized in cerebrovascular disease and vascular diseases of the central nervous system. Vascular neurologists have expertise in the diagnosis and management of stroke and brain imaging. There are others, but the above would be most appropriate in your dad's sby GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
If you do not have structural heart disease, perhaps talking to a doc about a prescription for flecainide or propafenone on demand to convert.by GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
QuoteCarey That is not true. There are no disqualifying conditions for any Medicare plan. This may be state dependent, according to this: Though I'm on Medicare, have no current experience as my supplement plan is through my wife's retirement. However, recalled with my mother there was not an issue going to a Medicare Advantage plan, but there was going the other way. She wasby GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
QuoteMark GeorgeN….Also read your post about the friend who got CoVid related aFib. How should that be treated long term once the person returns to NSR? Are they treated like they have AFib or not? Hope your friend is doing well? My friend lives in a different city so haven't chatted with him since last Monday, hence no update. His CHA₂DS₂-VASc score is 0, so they just prescribed aspiriby GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
Hi John, I last read the European Society of Cardiology Guidelines for the diagnosis and management of atrial fibrillation a number of years ago As I recall, at least some of the stats should be in the references to this paper. The 2020 version is here:by GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
Pompom, this image shows my beat to beat heart rate vs time recording (recorded with a Polar H10 strap & Heart Rate Variability Logger app) during four 20 second as hard as I could, 10 second easy cycles on my fan bike this morning. Though I can't prove all the ectopics are artifacts, I have a strong suspicion they are. I didn't do anything to try to minimize them, like tighteninby GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
QuoteThe Anti-Fib My EP says 10% of Vaxxed patients developed Myocarditis, and my Mom's Cardiologists says many of their patients have developed palpitations or arrhythmia after getting boosted, thus they are advising against further Vaxx for anyone with these issues. As a posted here, my friend got afib from the virus.by GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
Yes, though there is a saying "afib begets afib." Hence once you've had afib, it is much easier to have it again. This is because of physical and electrical remodeling during the afib.by GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
Quoteczk I have tried a few supplements during the last 3 months, but have not tried organic powdered ginger so I will have to give that a try. . Here are some links on ginger from our site (both positive and negative): For me, chronic fitness/endurance exercise was my path to afib at age 49 (now 67). Basically the product of intensity times duration. Long duration & high inby GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM