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Many of those who are diagnosed at a younger age also have chronic fitness as a path to afib. Per gloaming's comment, many of these people have better overall health outcomes than those who are sedentary, despite their afib. If you look at Table 1 from the actual study, note that the afibbers had materially higher hypertension, T2 diabetes (double the number), coronary heart disease (~4xby GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
QuoteSteven I thought Afib and palpitations are the same thing. I am not up with all the terminology eg ectopic beats, PACs, PVCs I have looked them up and I thought it was all Afib. Steven, If you look at my post here, you'll see 3 graphs plotting heart rate of individual beats vs time. The first two graphs are of lots of PAC's. You can see a) there is regularity and b) thereby GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
Quotebettylou4488 Thanks George. As always a wealth of info. Another question on it a friend mentioned taking it with animal fat helped the absorption or something. Do you know anything about that? I could only find this rat study, which studied used frying oils (not animal fat). Seems the oils improved absorption, but not retention as excess was urinated out. It also appears that dietarby GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
Quotebettylou4488 What's the skinny on Mg type for arrhythmias, afib and otherwise. specifically glycerinate vs. taurate. I've tried them all, including some that required reacting myself (bicarbonate, acetate). They all worked for me with sufficient quantity. That being said, either glycinate or taurate should work. I take taurine separately, but combining it with mag wouldby GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
Hey Rich, Given your early onset of arrhythmia (age wise), wonder if everybody has ruled out WPW (Wolff-Parkinson-White) syndrome. What you describe certainly is like what people I know with WPW describe. WPW patients are prone to afib as well. Likely all the people you've seen have ruled this out, but I never assume anything...by GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
Quotebettylou4488 Yes I was wondering the metropolol .. the why of it. His BP is fine. Does it help "prevent" it? My opinion is that for someone who has an adrenergic trigger, like when afib is initiated by heavy exertion, it may help prevent it. I have a friend in this category & I do think the beta blocker helped. For someone who has as few episodes as your husband, I thinby GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
QuoteDaisy I was interested in this machine but it seems not be be recommended if you have a pacemaker. I searched on this, and according to an old thread, it depends on the PM and they suggested talking to your specific PM people about whether it is contraindicated. One comment "Some rate-responsive pacemakers use a piezoelectric sensor that adjusts rate based on vibration. Theseby GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
I have a 69 year old friend that reversed her osteoporosis using a protocol for the Power Plate vibration platform about 10 years ago. Then she got breast cancer and it reappeared. She still uses the Power Plate (brand) but has added in a weekly visit to an OsteoStrong facility. The Osteostrong developer has a Kindle book on Amazon. The gist is the device (as I understand it) safely appliesby GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
Quotebettylou4488 Also I think the EP could give guidelines for staying home. When he went his rate was in the 130s. And.. it was like 5 am Saturday morning. So wasn't like he was going to be able to call doc any time soon. Is he symptomatic at 130? For me, that is a normal afib rate and nothing I worry about. In fact I've pushed my rate to 225 during episodes, then backed offby GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
Mine has regressed, not progressed. Initially, for 2 months, I had episodes lasting 6-9 hours every 10-14 days. Then I had a 2 1/2 month episode, so the first 4 months, my AF burden was 57%. Then I implemented a remission protocol that I still follow, but continue to tweak. A month later, a 20 hour episode. Subsequently, I've had mostly "good" years with an AF burden of <by GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
Quotesusan.d Obviously I am an isolated case —6 months after my first ablation I decided to taste chocolate—something I was craving since 2004. I ate one bite of a gluten free chocolate chip cookie and ruined my ablation. There are a number of chemicals in chocolate. In my case, both theobromine and caffeine inhibit sleep for me (no afib connection) and I must eat it by 10 AM to avoid thisby GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
QuoteMadeline I keep a very high omega 3 index (always > 12 and as high as 18) and it has never been a trigger for afib. I suspect like many things - highly individual. Hi George, How does one calculate their omega 3 index? A blood test. These guys have what I consider to be the gold standard (though other labs offer an omega 3 index test). Here is their explanation of omega 3 index:by GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
Quotegloaming It might have been the cold. I don't know if there would be sufficient caffeine in the quantity one typically consumes for that to have been the trigger. In this meta analysis of caffeine and afib, there were only two studies that had statistical significance (meaning the confidence interval did not include 1). One had a higher odds ratio of afib and one lower. Graph:by GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
QuoteElizabeth You quote a study by Astra Zeneca, what else do you except? It does say that diabetes risk is higher. I actually agree with Dr. B and don't consume them myself.by GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
I keep a very high omega 3 index (always > 12 and as high as 18) and it has never been a trigger for afib. I suspect like many things - highly individual.by GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
I can't tell you why, but I think it is very individual. Also, you are more likely to read about those who are symptomatic as those who aren't have much less motivation to tell their story. Though I'm aware I have afib, I've always been able to function well during afib. 19 years ago, I had a 2.5 month episode and I continued to do all activity: rock & mountain climbinby GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
Cardiovascular benefits and diabetes risks of statin therapy in primary prevention: an analysis from the JUPITER trial QuoteBackground In view of evidence that statin therapy increases risk of diabetes, the balance of benefit and risk of these drugs in primary prevention has become controversial. We undertook an analysis of participants from the JUPITER trial to address the balance of vasculaby GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
Quotetobherd I am still taking a low dose of Eliquis, and I think it's because they really aren't 100% sure it's OK NOT to take it when after having a LAA ablation. I also have the Watchman implant, so I would think that would be enough, but when I see these emails, I do think.....they aren't completely sure they have this "down". Barb, the reason it has been suby GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
One of my issues is with the title of the study, "Premature atrial and ventricular contractions detected on wearable-format electrocardiograms and prediction of cardiovascular events." I think a more accurate title would be, "Premature atrial and ventricular contractions detected on wearable-format electrocardiograms and association of cardiovascular events. The basic format is sby GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
QuoteMeganMN It all LOOKS like SVT although it seems that Atrial Flutter could be difficult to differentiate. I assume the Holter was a single lead device. Flutter is almost impossible to diagnose with a single lead. {edit} rereading the report, would vote for SVT because I would expect flutter to not be single or couplet beats, but pretty continuous.by GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
I've successfully used GoLytely as a colonoscopy prep. Here is the prescribing info:by GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
Steve, Any chance you could go to Professor Pierre Jais in Bordeaux, Fr for an ablation (out of pocket, but many out of the US have done this). The best way to up the odds of success and lower the risks of a bad outcome is to go to one of the top afit ablating EPs. Dr. Jais is one of these.by GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
QuoteElizabeth So George what is your conclusion? Seems like nothing for sure. I had a cat and when I came home from the hospital and after 3 weeks of being home, my cat got Saddle Thrombosis, a stroke, the Vet said there was nothing we could do for her and that she was in a lot of pain, so I had to put her down. She was my friend for 15 years, but it is so strange that we both got a stroke.by GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
Quotegloaming Additionally, I wonder if the anticoagulant prevented several other strokes over time, different places, or helped to stave this one off for a few years. This paper discusses post ablation afib stroke risk: "Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most prevalent chronic arrhythmia and a major cause of stroke and mortality. It is thought to confer an overall 5-fold increased riby GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
QuoteSearching9 The other disconnect for me is that the HR, (measured by the Kardia or smart watch) doesn't indicate what the atrial rate is. If the atria is polarizing/depolarizing at 200/sec, but the vast majority of those "signals" never get to the ventricle level the ventricular rate does not tell us anything about how hard the atria are working and how long they are working aby GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
QuoteCarey A lot of PACs might fool the Kardia's afib detection algorithms, but they don't affect its rate counting and that's the thing she's monitoring. They do fool every other sports-quality device I've ever used, but I admit I've never tried a Fitbit, and if you read my previous post you know I never will. My wife has used a fitbit, but she doesn't have aby GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
QuoteSearching9 "And why calculate (probably inaccurate) R-R intervals when you have an FDA-approved device that accurately tells you what the rate is?" Why examine the R-R intervals? , because that's what her cardio looks at when he sees her ECG in office. As he put it to us: 'chaotic irregularity of R-R'. Is my measurement of the Kardia R-R interval rates completely aby GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
QuotePhil2 Has any forum member had experience of taking Tadalafil whilst in AF? Did anything happen? I would be very interested to know, and statistically there must be lots of individuals with both AF and ED. I took my normal ED dose and reverted to sinus rhythm within two hours and AF didn’t recur for well over 24hours. Repeating the Tadalafil at a reduced dose ( 17 hours half life ) gotby GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
My non-medical opinion: Taking a rhythm med, like Multaq is pointless while you are in persistent afib. While sooner is better, a couple months probably won't change the equation much. The quick change that could be made would be to get an ECV (electro cardioversion) and change rhythm meds (Multaq is the weakest). Whether you could get them to do that is another question. If herby GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
I certainly have had an association with C19 vaxxes, including one J&J. In 2021 had 3 mRNA plus the J&J and 15 afib episodes (a very high number for me - including 1 the morning after the J&J and another 5 later). I learned I could control it with a daily dose of flec as low as 25 mg once a day. I hypothesized the farther in time I got away from a vaccine, the more likely I couldby GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM