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That makes sense that if you had decreased Oxygenation, that your HR would go up, but how do you know what you are oxygenating at? Are you using an Pulse Oxymeter, or something else? You can get one of those pulse Oxymeters, like the Dr's use for $30 and up on the Internet.by The Anti-Fib - AFIBBERS FORUM
Yea, how does one get a collapsed lung 3 weeks out from an Ablation? Has that situation resolved itself? If there was scarring, how did the scarring occur?by The Anti-Fib - AFIBBERS FORUM
Jackie: Starting on line 4 of the cited reference, "Atrial Stunning is a function of the underlying arrhythmia becoming apparent at the restoration of of sinus rhythm, not the function of the mode of conversion." Also here in Line 1 of the Results and Conclusions section "Left Atrial (LA) Stunning has been reported with all modes of conversion of Afib/AFlt to sinus rhythby The Anti-Fib - AFIBBERS FORUM
Amyorca: Is your Dr. a Cardiologist? or is this Dr. just your primary care Dr? Also your condition is Atrial Fibrillation, and there is a specialist category of Cardiologists called Electro-Physiologists, that specialize in these Heart Rhythm disorders. You may want to try another Dr. that knows more. You need to emphasize to him that you definitely know when your in NSR, and when you goby The Anti-Fib - AFIBBERS FORUM
Clay5: good post about the Silicon Valley info, Thanks.by The Anti-Fib - AFIBBERS FORUM
Peggy: You also walk up your stairs, and then relax in bed don't you? Or is that no longer part of the protocol?by The Anti-Fib - AFIBBERS FORUM
I have heard stories over the years, where someone like you flies into town for the consultation, and then at the end of the consult, the EP will offer to make room in his schedule for an impromptu Ablation, like the next day, or even later on that afternoon. I don't think that Natale works that way, but is a possible contingency situation to think about. Do you take the offer?by The Anti-Fib - AFIBBERS FORUM
Do you know if you have issues sleeping on your side? My sleep Dr. was adamant about me using a CPAP machine, but figured out the I was doing just fine sleeping only on my sides. So I just sleep on my side.by The Anti-Fib - AFIBBERS FORUM
That sounds like a sensible plan for you, to just take the Xarelto, after an episode. That's if you are sure when your episodes start and stop. You might talk to your Dr. about exactly how long. Apaches Dr. wanted him on Xarelto for 30 days after. I had 2 Dr's, one of them mandated 21 days, the other was less worried about stroke risk, and agreed that 10 days was long enough. Manby The Anti-Fib - AFIBBERS FORUM
TEE = Transesophageal Echocardiogram They stick this tube down your throat, and it looks at your heart, you have to be under, as it causes a gag reflex.by The Anti-Fib - AFIBBERS FORUM
I was wondering how you managed the timing of your 14 ECV's. That would make the whole process much easier and smoother. I will ask that question to my EP's when I see them. I had taken Xarelto for quite a few of my ECV's, but that was over 18 months ago.by The Anti-Fib - AFIBBERS FORUM
Peggy: What is the "Ativan Conversion Method" is it posted anywhere?by The Anti-Fib - AFIBBERS FORUM
PeggyM: This came up about a year ago, in a thread. It is probably longer than we would care to divulge in. As a newcomer, I was not really getting respect for knowing what was talking about. "The episode has to last about 5 hours for a clot to form". As I understand it, that's not an absolute statement I made. The Atria are stunned for a period of time (it varies)by The Anti-Fib - AFIBBERS FORUM
It might effect an Anti-Arrythmic drug, the QRS segment can become to elongated in some scenarios.by The Anti-Fib - AFIBBERS FORUM
I would taper down the dosage when go to stop the drug over a week, withdrawal from Nsaid's can effect K+ levels in the Heartby The Anti-Fib - AFIBBERS FORUM
That's sort of good and bad, we do the genius Brain work, and then are the uncompensated Ginuea Pigs, then some other Dr. takes our work/efforts and claims success.by The Anti-Fib - AFIBBERS FORUM
Amyorca: If your sure your only getting that few of episodes, then taking the Xarelto is not warranted from an AFIB perspective. The episdoe has to last about 5 hours for a clot to form. Obviously the overall Cardiovascular situation should be taken into account. Apache: The Atrial Stunning is from the AFIB itself, not the ECV. It can take 21 days for full Atrial functioning to restorby The Anti-Fib - AFIBBERS FORUM
It's been done in the Hospital by IV infusion, there was a small study like 15 years ago, where there was limited success. That study is referenced somewhere on this site. I have thought about doing an IV push in that scenario. In my case my Pain Dr. who was up on AFIB was willing to help me try it. I would have to dig up the Protocol I was thinking about. I would PM Shannon for a quicby The Anti-Fib - AFIBBERS FORUM
My Dr who keeps up with the state of Ablationism, said that Doug Packer at Mayo was one of the top half-dozen Ablationist's nationwide.by The Anti-Fib - AFIBBERS FORUM
Apache: You might be interested in talking or researching any work done by Dr. John Sirack, who does the 5-Box Total Thoracoscopic Maze Procedure. He was at OSU, but I think he moved to the Sentara Hospital in Norfolk VA. He also has a forum with limited following regarding his procedure. I'm not sure, but when I spoke with him, I think he was referring Cranial Lesions being a drawbackby The Anti-Fib - AFIBBERS FORUM
I know there are many posters who have expressed gratitude and have given testimony that they have been helped by Ablation (Natale Ablation in particular). But how many have been AFIB free after 4+ years? THE STRATEGY as an AFIB management plan has been rightly criticized, as the so called success stories(i.e. CR 61 and "the list" posts) were primarily short term, some only 3 monthby The Anti-Fib - AFIBBERS FORUM
Are you talking about that Pediatric Specialist in the LA area?by The Anti-Fib - AFIBBERS FORUM
So what does this mean? The Doctor saves money if he gets a patient to have a second Ablation with 12 months? The patient is no doubt totally unaware of this financial agreement and the savings would not be passed on the the patient. How much money are we talking about here? I guess Ablationist looks bad if the patient has some AFIB during the 1st year, but then he is rewarded if he can talkby The Anti-Fib - AFIBBERS FORUM
Apache: That's an excellent point about EP's getting Ablations. I imagine they do well with early detection and treatment. Shannon knows Natale, and some other high level EP, maybe he can ask. You could even broaden that question out to include all Cardiologists. How long is it after onset of AFIB, do you wait to get an ECV? I am surprised, your Doctors are not trying to steer yby The Anti-Fib - AFIBBERS FORUM
Now is the time comment on the sites format, as it will be upgraded shortly, and then we may be stuck with whatever changes are made.by The Anti-Fib - AFIBBERS FORUM
The Bigeminy isn't a static Arrythmia like AFIB. ECV will not stop it. I get those all the time, and Trigeminy, Quadrigeminy and so on. Sometimes it's every 7, or 8 beats. I may be in Bigeminy, and then as it improves it goes to every 3 beats, then every 4 or 5 and so on until it gets to about every 10th beat, after that it usually just smooths completely out. Beta-Blockers help wiby The Anti-Fib - AFIBBERS FORUM
Apache, you've had the 14 ecv's in the last 18 months, had you had more prior? Are you having trouble getting your Dr's to go along with all of them? Are they pressuring you into doing something else, like an Ablation?by The Anti-Fib - AFIBBERS FORUM
She referred to her own diagnosis as "Panic Attacks", this is an important distinction, because probably a much larger group of people such as myself didn't have epilepsy, but still got the "panic attack" misdiagnosis Also, you are missing her relapse in 2008 Puzzling, why she says "My first AFIB" this post was from 2010, and refers to this episode 2 yeby The Anti-Fib - AFIBBERS FORUM