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Looks to me like NSR at 78 BPM with frequent PAC's and the PAC's are followed by a longer, compensatory beat.by GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
I've heard of a few folk who had an adrenergic afib trigger have a BB help them from getting afib. Does your trigger tend to be adrenergic or vagal (parasympathetic). For more description go to and click on "Are there different types of LAF?" Basically an adrenergic trigger would happen from increased activity. For example, lifting something heavy up ( a friend got afibby GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
QuoteYuxi I am thinking about booking a 15-day Antarctica Cruise in December. Anyone here has done it? I had my index ablation last July, had one episode of Afib earlier this month I am cautiously optimistic, or should I be concerned about traveling so far on a cruise? As a guy who has used on-demand flec to convert episodes (and it has always worked) for over 19 years, I'd go anywhereby GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
Quotetindellery Has anyone been trying Nattokinase to counter lone afib? Member Dean in Australia has been using Natto food (not nattokinase) to keep afib at bay since the mid 2000's. Natto food is the actual fermented soybeans. Here is search on his posts. Dean's afib cause seems to be related to acid reflux & digestion and he was on PPI's. The natto seemed to resolby GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
Quoteama1952 1. The first study warns that taking more than 1 gram of Omega 3 per day may help cause a person to develop AFIB - . I only took the time to scan the actual paper for this link. It is a meta analysis of 7 studies. If the confidence intervals (CI) for the hazard ratios (HR) include 1.0 then the results aren't statiscically significant.. In Figure 1, note that 5 of thby GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
Quotejoshua my EP assures me that days won't matter... any more thoughts? I've had afib for nearly 20 years. In the first 4 months, I had a 2 1/2 month episode (and total AF burden for the four months of about 57%). I created a remission plan and the EP approved. Briefly, excessive endurance exercise was my path to afib. Plan was to train long duration activities at no more than aby GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
QuoteJoe George! Love the summary, might be somewhat because it confirms my bias, some of the things i do already Listened to a long discussion yesterday with Dr G and two others who don't quite agree with him (to put it mildly). My take is that Dr G does what works for his patient, the other two rely more on population data? Not that i expect anyone to listen to such a long video but hereby GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
QuoteJoe Have one of his earlier books, might get this one; but have listened to quite a few talks of Dr Grundy's. George, any personal experience with his 4 day cabbage soup regime ? I've no experience yet, but plan to try it. One of the things Gundry says in this book is that his prior plans seem to work for 90% of his patients, but not for 10%. While I've seen a lot of beneby GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
Hey Brian, I've attached a redacted version of your ECG. Suggest you edit your post and replace your PDF with the redacted version that doesn't have identifying info. On the number of ablations, see Carey's post here. The takeaway is to use the best EP you can to get the highest probability of success. Looking at your ECG, all I see are 3 PAC's. Looks like good p wby GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
I found the paper interesting. As well, a doc I've consulted with since 2015 thinks the gut is root of many health issues. He has a 2024 book out on gut health. And a video on helping to redo your gut biome. On stool testing, he once told us that it is pretty worthless as huge variations were observed depending on where you sampled the stool and how much. Whether fixing your gut willby GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
QuoteJoe What's the difference between irregular heart rate and heart rate variability (HRV)? To give you an order of magnitude, 1 second = 1000 milliseconds (ms). Sixty beats/minutes (BPM) = 1 beat/second. A variance of 100 ms would be 6 BPM. My 30 something daughter has HRV around 120 ms, I have 40-50 ms. In afib, it is not uncommon to have a beats go from 60 BPM to 120. With PACby GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
Apparently Natale still does work at Scripps (I misspelled it in my post above and corrected it). Here is the link Contact Provider's Office Andrea Natale is seeing new patients. Depending on your insurance, you may need a referral. Call the office at 858-824-5353. Scripps Clinic John R. Anderson V Medical Pavilion 9898 Genesee Ave La Jolla, CA 92037by GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
I believe Los Robles in the LA area. He used to be at Scripps in San Diego, but I don’t think anymore.. Do a search on our site for each of those, with unlimited time and see what you come up with. I’m on my phone at the moment and I’m not fond of searching on it…by GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
It would be nice, if you are going to post just a link like this and especially one that requires registration, to at least post an abstract or a brief summary so folks can see if it is worth their time.by GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
QuoteYuxi George, are you using fresh ginger or ginger supplement? At the time I was doing this, in 2012 & 2013, I was generally using organic powdered ginger spice.by GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
QuoteMeganMNDoes anyone have any recommendations for sleep? One thing that works pretty well for me are listening to yoga nidra scripts. Don't know if your heart feelings would impact the efficacy. I have tiny mp3 player with earbuds that I use. "Yoga Nidra is a form of guided meditation also known as “yogic sleep” or “effortless relaxation”. It’s usually practiced lying down witby GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
Quotecaliforniagal Betty Lou, like you, I was looking forward to what others would say on this topic, and it seems strange that more folks wouldn't have some input. Hmmm. Anybody? I take large amounts of DHA/EPA as well as plasmalogen precursors, which have DHA. However I haven't used OAC since my 2.5 month episode in 2004 & that was warfarin.by GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
QuoteDini What type of magnesium did you add: citrate, taurinate, etc? I've used every magnesium compound that I am aware of, including several where I've had to react ingredients to make my own (like bicarbonate water & acetate). In my case, they all work as long as I take a sufficient quantity. My bowel tolerance it abnormally high (more than 10 times the 400 mg RDA). Everyoby GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
QuoteDini Has anyone else gone back into Afib so soon after cardioversion? Is this indicative of potential success of an ablation? Nineteen years ago, I was in the midst of what turned out to be a 2.5 month episode. The EP and I were discussing what to do and he said, "I can cardiovert you, but the issue is how to keep you in rhythm after the cardioversion." This is still true todaby GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
QuoteMikeN Also, would a beta blocker help to counter this or is there novocaine without epinephrine? Any help is appreciated. Though I've not had the experience, I've been aware of the issue for many years. I always ask to use the product without epinephrine. Various dentists have always complied. The issues without are two fold, it is not as powerful, nor does it last as long.by GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
QuoteCarey I think those are PACs. There's a PAC before every QRS (two before the QRS at 8 sec), and they're occurring close enough to the QRS to distort it because the heart hasn't fully repolarized yet, which is why they kind of look like PVCs. How do you get a PAC through an AV node ablation?by GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
Quotegloaming I see heavy p spikes, and the variability between R waves. I don't know what that means. There's an arrhythmia, but I don't know what the downward dip for the p wave means...if that IS the p wave. Since she has an AV node ablation & a ventricular pacer, would there be p waves?by GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
QuoteMeganMN Thanks everyone. This is just reinforcing the need to consult with Natale. I have an appt for April 29th. I can't wait. Do they offer getting on a cancellation list for sooner appointments?by GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
QuoteMeganMN This is my rhythm much of the time now. It had been just at night, now it is much of the daytime as well. When they looked at it before they said they should really look at it at night. Since it is doing it in the daytime now, I assume the nighttime requirement goes away??by GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
Your eyes are likely better than mine at seeing it. One thing you could do is to count and write down in a column or in a spreadsheet the number of small boxes between RR peaks, then look at that for the patterns. Sent your a PM with your name & age blacked out. Suggest you replace the original with the one I sent.by GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
Quotealfrae13 How good is propafenone to control paroxysmal afib and can it be used as PIP instead of flecainide Though chemically different, they have a very similar activity as rhythm meds. Propafenone has some beta blocking activity as well. The original PIP study, paper in 2004 included both flecainide and propafenone. One of my personal friends used propafenone PIP for many years, thoby GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
QuoteJDfiB Thanks for the info . I don't know if it's just me but the pdf's seem a bit fuzzy to view Thanks for noticing that. The original files were over the 1MB limit (what we were given were image scans rather than text), so I'd exported & compressed them. Obviously compressed too much. I redid with less compression and a different filter and it looks better - larby GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
QuoteDaisy Details please! I have also reduced my sinus problems through diet but there could still be improvement. I also use a nasal probiotic (applied topically inside the nose) and that really helps as well. There is a fungal aspect for me. I started consulting with cardio thoracic surgeon/longevity clinician, Dr. Steven Gundry, in 2015. I selected him because he was one of the few cliniciby GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
Quotebettylou4488 I thought I was crazy with the D3 but confirmed it a few times for me too. I am seriously thinking of plopping down the hundreds of dollars for those sunlight lamps (was that you that talked about them on here?). In any event.. that is great. I am going to try and get my GP to let me have one of those continuous monitors for a month- I guess they can do that if you are not diaby GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM