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Sharon - when I had my ablation 4 years ago, I was placed on coumadin for several weeks prior to the procedure date. Then I stopped just before the date. No TEE or any other diagnostic was required, but they did use the Intracardiac Echo monitoring sysem for guidance.. Dr. Natale uses a heparin flush during and following the procedure to eliminate clots caused during the procedure. This coulby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Sam - One thing to keep in mind, "if it sounds too good to be true, it probably is".... especially if there is a significant amount of money involved to get the information. Jackieby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Pat - do hurry to get to a cardiologist who is conversant in rhythm distubances... if you can't find one, consider an electrophysiologist who is the rhythm expert. Beta blockers can cause bradycardia.... You can google this and find confirmation.... here's one: Quote: ...."Now let's look at drugs that could affect cardiac output by decreasing heart rate. Cardiac drugsby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Interesting reading for your 'leisure' time. In addition to this feature article, Runners High May Also Strengthen Hearts ......this web link has a number very interesting articles on heart health Then go to this link has articles on AF..(scroll down to see the list) Dr. Ralph Damiano on the On the Cox Maze IV- Irregular Heartbeat Linked To Genetic Mutation, Study Shows Thby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
This is an excellent contribution by a well known AF resersearcher at the Cleveland Clinic, David VonWagoner, PhD, FAHA, FHRS. It's the powerpoint that went along with his presentation at the World Congress on Cardiology in September of 2006. Toward the end, note the emphasis on IL 6, CRP and fibrinogen, PAI -1 increase - those we always discuss and warn about high levels and pro-clottiby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
This s not about the same technique but does make a statement about results of the ablation lesions or scars... (I was cleaning out old files - thought it was of interest). Jackie Conclusion LAFL represents a potentially iatrogenic arrhythmia post PVI. Treatment of this arrhythmia has traditionally involved linear ablations within the flutter circuit, often extending to the mitral annulus.by Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Yes - make the contact now while the waiting list is short. Call Salwa Beheiry, RN, director of the Electrophysiology Programs at MGH and CPMC He's the best. Jackieby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Hans - I think you should modify this post of yours and make that statement part of the introduction to Session #61 so that beginners referred Session #61 as a resource can fully understand why it's there and the obvious limitations. I agree with you that Peggy has done a remarkable job in compiling and I'm very glad to have a web link to which we can now direct new readers who may bby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Don't forget that perimenopausal symptoms often include migraines. Often as those hormonal fluctuations diminish, so do the headaches. One of my patients was a headache specialist (MD) at the CCF. We talked about hormonal headaches and he was of the opinion that the easiest solution was to manage the headache and eventually the hormone issue would level out. I later found out that periby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Lisa - magnesium deficiency frequently manifests in migraines and people treated with magnesium typically find relief. However, this is a relative thing.... if you are very deficient, and only supplementing to barely optimal, then you may not receive the full benefit. Dosing to bowel tolerance with the amino acid chelate - magnesium glycinate as patented by Albion (check the label) is the mostby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Jerry - it's the parameters of a drug formula in generics that apparently have some leeway in meeting optimal standards. If one company decides it can lower one ingredient just a tad yet still meet the requirements - but save a significant dollar amount in the process - they will do that. Never mind that it may impact the results in the patient. Couple that with each generic producer doby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Good point Barry - I certainly hope we all have longevity with our ablated hearts. Of course, that's something none of us will know for many years to come... hopefully. Living with passion in NSR is my motto. Long may it last. Jackieby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Thanks Gordon - You certainly have the farming experience versus my home organic garden patch. It's just that testing of organic foods yields more nutrition as many of the fertilizers used commercially to increase size really don't increase nutritional values... as was recently published.... I believe it was online news. In any event... the point of my post was similar to yours....by Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
You know, Benj - this is an interesting development. Supposedly, if ablation is successful, you shouldn't be able to go into afib. The potentials can be there and the signals can be actively trying but if the burns are complete, the signals should not be able to get through and afib shouldn't happen. If you get a chance to query Dr. Pinski on his opinion of this, I'd really liby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Dick - somewhere - maybe it was on your site...there was a diagram of the some of the typical lesion patterns. It showed the anatomical points and then how the burns or lesions would be placed. I know I didn't dream this but can't really recall the source. Jackieby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Surely, Dick, you've read Pam's story?by Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Are you sure you met with Dr. Natale? He's the least arrogant physician I have ever met - and I've met a good number of top docs. In fact one of his colleages in another area of the country said for a man that is as well recognized and gifted as he is, he has the 'least swagger of any doctor he's ever known.' I'd call that the ultimate compliment - one MD about anby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Sharon - that's exactly why I posted. I've been disgusted over this whole situation for a long time and decided it was time to enlighten. It makes me angry too. And Peggy - I love growing sweet potatoes... I do it in tubs because of my limited sunlight from trees encroaching on my garden space.... my neighbor planted trees that have now grown high enough to shade my garden.. ;( Neby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Thanks, Pam for this provactive post. We have had news reports here of police personnel being tasered themselves as part of the learning exprience to use them on the job. It looks dreadful and I worry just from what you point out here that someone may have a severe consequence by mere coincidence that the heart was in the wrong wage at the time of impact. I find it difficult to imagine that alby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Sharon - I think a lot has to do with clearing out toxins so the liver and thyroid function properly. Thyroid function reflects in hair, skin and nails... and I'm delighted for your results. I'm still a work in progress but gaining on it from the positive aspect. My nails are no longer weak and brittle besides the odd groove disappearing. Jackieby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Laurel - Have a safe trip and a productive consultation. I can certainly appreciate how you feel with the continual occurrences. You, too, have a Happy Thanksgiving. Jackieby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
As a followup to the post indicating Dr. Mercolas input on pitfalls of organic food sold by some retailers like Wal-Mart, Im contributing more on this topic just to heighten awareness. When does it make sense to buy organic? The simplistic answer would be, always. But how about the times when organic is not available or is available but costs twice as much? What to do? In the case ofby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Rob - I'm glad to learn that avoiding gluten is helping. I do think there is a major connection for many people - especially since it is so instrumental in creating silent inflammation. It certainly can be an adjustment, but after almost 15 months of being GF, I would not consider cheating or risking any relapse by eating gluten. I've cut way back on cow dairy products and use sheepby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
William - you've reminded me here that we compared notes on that fingernail ridge quite some time ago. Mine was a defect from the cuticle clear down to the nail's edge. After about 6 months or so with the iodine supplement program I began, the ridge disappeared completely. It took that long for the whole nail to grow out. The potassium iodide was the only different supplement I aby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Some time in the past, we have speculated on how much of the heart tissue can really safely be obliterated without loss of heart function. I seem to recall some comments coming out of the AF Summit that indicated conservative lesions were a good idea.... and I remember thinking at the time... I wonder how much functional heart tissue I have left. Any one see anything about how much of the atby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Carol - heel spurs or bone spurs come from too much free calcium that doesn't get into the bones (because of lack of magnesium and other minerals to carry it in) and deposits on them or in soft tissue. Do you take or did you take supplemental calcium that was higher than a 1:1 ratio with magnesium. Some of the bone experts think it's important to make the ratio 2 magnesium to 1 calcby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
William - welcome. Find comfort in the fact that most all of us have felt fear at one time or another during afib and treatments. It's really mostly about the unknown and we all fear any involvement with the heart will mean a fatality. You've received good advice here and I also recommend you get a copy of Hans first book so. My favorite saying is Knowledge is Power and once yoby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Jerry - I can't give you a personal comparison experience, but I can tell you what one of my patients who is a pharmaceutical rep said about generics... I wasn't even an afibber at the time and he was just sharing info as a matter of interest to us medically. He said that generic drugs were not held to the same exacting quality control and that it became critical when dealing with heby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Must read this one: Scroll down to read Dr. Mercola's commentsby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
John - It will depend on that particular lab's range as 'normal' . I've had mine as low as 2.5 with one lab and with another 4.5 is just fine. What do they give as the range? Just call that lab and ask for clarification. Stopping the magnesium for a week probably won't make much difference as the turnover rate for red blood cells is much longer than a week like aboby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM