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Marian - Interesting questions. At the CCF Summit, the question was posed by one of the cardiac surgeons - "in patients coming in for some type of heart surgery - esp. mitral valve repair or replacement - should the LAA be automatically excised?" The doctors attending pushed a voting button and the results were instantly displayed.... about 50% said 'yes'. The comment folby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
( Once again - no distinction between AF and LAF ) Note the other study referenes at the weblink. Title: Guidelines for Antithrombotic Therapy in Atrial Fibrillation Frequently Not Followed Atrial fibrillation patients frequently do not receive antithrombotic therapy according to guidelines, a population-based study in Archives of Internal Medicine finds. Researchers analyzed the medical reby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, Vol. 81, No. 3, 578-582, March 2005 © 2005 American Society for Clinical Nutrition Caffeine and risk of atrial fibrillation or flutter: the Danish Diet, Cancer, and Health Study Objective: We evaluated the risk of atrial fibrillation or flutter in association with daily consumption of caffeine from coffee, tea, cola, cocoa, and chocolate. Conclusion:by Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
"If you want to be really good to your heart, you should take regular naps. This is the advice of researchers of a new study published in the latest issue of Journal of Internal Medicine, a publication of the American Medical Association." Continue here:by Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Susan - I did not have an EKG - didn't need one to remember what afib felt like! Mine lasted 70 minutes after I used "on-demand" approach first with Toprol and followed by Flecanide. Fortunately, I had saved the drugs and even though expired, they worked nicely. Michelle told me the following: " What you experienced is not common. It is rare that someone has afib a fby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Interesting comment about LAA from CCF cardiac surgeon: In a two-page interview in the Business section of the Cleveland Plain Dealer, President and CEO, Dr. Toby Cosgrove, gave an insightful interview on the expansion of not only the Cleveland Clinics main campus in Ohio, but in other parts of the country and the world. US News and World Reports annual hospital rankings, indicate the CCby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Dave - the American Heart Association Guidelines for managing afib under the age of 75 says that in the absence of underlying risk factors such as heart disease, previous MI, stroke, diabetes etc... afib is managed with aspirin. Read here:by Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Billo - Wow - a three year mark may have some significance for many of us? What next? Jackieby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
George - my knowledge is that if kidney dysfunction occurs from common causes (such as uncontrolled hypertension, infection, etc), then there is a potential for magnesium toxicity to occur because the kidneys can't function adequately to clear out unused magnesium. In all the studies I read working on the Waller Water, I don't recall reading that intake of magnesium actually 'by Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Lynda - I would not tolerate the heat involved in this type sauna but I do know from listening to those who have used it for detoxification, that it is effective treatment. Jackieby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Dr. W - I managed to locate the ingredient list and have the following comments for your consideration. In the men's product - the magnesium form is oxide which is the least bioavailable. So if you would continue this product, you'd have to add much more supplemental magnesium - preferably in the chelated form - magnesium glycinate to be helpful. I am suspect of the wording of the iby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Bob - I'm in a time crunch at the moment but you can delve into the book, The Magnesium Factor, by Seelig, and go to the best website I know of on magnesium which is Paul Mason's - www.mgwater.com - and use the search feature. He has hundreds of abstracts there all relating to magnesium. When I was helping with the Waller Water formulation , I recall we examined the kidney safetyby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Hi Jim - One of my friends has ongoing IV chelation therapy of the newer variety with a doctor in Indianapolis. They follow with much more mineral and nutritional IV repletion than apparently they did formerly. Continual testing is done to be sure of the repletion of all the removed minerals. He swears by it and has managed to remove the toxic accumulation of the heavy metals including mercuby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Susan - So how many times have you noted that you are in AF? More or less than when in CA? Thanks for this info. Regards, Jackieby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Pete - If I could make this a singing email - I'd be singing Happy Birthday, but fortunately for you, you're spared listening to my lack of singing talent! Best wishes for a Special Birthday Celebration. Jackieby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Hi Pete - thanks for posting your story for new readers and for posting about your latest challenge. As you know, I also had a breakthrough. I guess we'll all just have to be patient and see how all this plays out. I'm sorry your neuropathy is still with you... I thought that had cleared up somewhat. Best to you, Jackieby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Welcome, Dr.W..... If you could mention how I could view the labeling of your vitamins - both multi's- I'd like to review the forms of the various vitamins included in both preparations. Sometimes there are forms that are less acceptable especially for afibbers. Jackieby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Bob - One of the factors to consider in that excess excretion issue is in the case of magnesium, it is used/required constantly in over 300 enzymatic (metabolic) reactions. What isn't utilized would be excreted as excess. Along those lines, consider the following questions in a surgey to assess probably magnesium status. It's just a guideline and not 'rigorously scientific'by Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Jim - spend some time reading what Garry Gordon, MD, has to say about oral chelation. He is a pioneer in standard IV chelation but developed a product line of oral chelation. I've heard him speak a few times via teleconference and it seems to make sense. He claims that once people get out the toxic metals, they don't have problems with afib. I correspond with an MD who has treatedby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
While I have not had a stroke (fortunately), I did have a clot form in the Left Atrial Appendage that was detected on spiral CT scan 3 months after PVI. The timing was such that the previous week, I had a singular breakthrough arrhythmia 103 days post ablation and was cardioverted at 39 hours. Then the next week, I was already scheduled for the 3-month checkback for the CT and other post PVI diby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
David - I'm sorry for your unfortunate TIA experience but thank you for posting such valuable information which is certainly an important consideration for anyone with similar circumstances. I'm happy to read you recovered fully. Close call. Be well, Jackieby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Elaine - The facts about iodine are people in this country do not typically get enough iodine as the soil is depleted and most everyone is told to refrain from using salt.... and table salt is the typical source of iodine as it was added with that intent (everyone would use it)...now doctors say don't use salt and there is going to be a push to get even more salt out of the diet. Ocean Fiby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Now that I read Gordon's post - I did have a event recorder reading at six months. Sorry. How soon we forget. I was thinking a formal survey type questionnaire. Jackieby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Bob - the dye contrast given with the scans is high in iodine content and that's what starts the problem in some thyroids.by Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Hans - that's an excellent thought! You recall in my notes from the CCF Summit on AF, one of the major complaints by participants was the lack of a formal tracking system (like a national registry) to keep tabs on success rates and progress post-ablation. You would think that being able to point to a resource for patients to reference would be a great reassurance mechanism and certainlyby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
The problem I've noted with 81 mg. aspirin is the other ingredients included in the product. Read some of the labels.by Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Elaine - yes - the thyroid profile numbers were off - and especially the Reverse T3 was high. It took at least six months or longer for the numbers to normalize again. The only thing we can think of was the contrast dye (iodine based) in the CT scan post ablation. Eating a lot of fish - unless they are ocean fish - may not give you enough iodine to prevent a goiter or nodules. I'm liviby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
John - we always encourage everyone to have magnesium levels tested along with the other critical electrolyte levels... but magnesium testing has to be from red blood cell or intracellular magnesium levels. A regular serum test will not reflect adequately the IC status and we are interested in optimal IC status. Since 80% of the population or more is found to be magnesium deficient, it sometimby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM
Sharon - wheat will always contain gluten/gliaden proteins. That's just a given. So do wheat-like grains that are often referenced as a safe alternative.... spelt, kamut, tritical. It's difficult but not impossible to give up favorite grains. I think the motivation is knowing it improves health in so many ways that the deprivation burden is lessened. Glad your side pain is lesby Jackie - AFIBBERS FORUM