I don't doubt you when you say it's making noise. All I can suggest about that is complaining to the electric company. There's no reason a meter should make any noise (the one that's been on my house for years doesn't). What I'm skeptical of are the health issues attributed to EMF. That's not a new issue and the consensus of the evidence is that the extremelby Carey - AFIBBERS FORUM
What's less alarming is they found no clinical significance to the lesions. Although the lesions themselves have been detected in other studies, I was unable to find any study showing they had clinical significance. So at this point they appear to be an interesting observation that has no known impact on patients. Will we find out there's a dire consequence 20 years from now? Well, maybby Carey - AFIBBERS FORUM
QuoteElizabeth For your reading pleasure: Liz All these articles are posted on activist web sites that don't even pretend to be objective. They're mostly anecdotal, they almost all contain factual errors, and they like to say their information is backed by peer reviewed studies but they provide no citations for those alleged studies. Why not? Does anyone have anything from a reputby Carey - AFIBBERS FORUM
QuoteElizabeth Mercola is right on this one, there is a lot of stuff on the net about these meters. And a broken clock is right twice a day. If you want to convince me of something, you have to start with sources I will even read and Mercola isn't one of them. I'm serious. He's a proven fraud so I won't bother reading a word he publishes. I know a lot of people who willby Carey - AFIBBERS FORUM
Mercola is a fraud.by Carey - AFIBBERS FORUM
QuoteStarwarsfan How many PACs do you have to have to trigger a fib, or how close together do they have to be? And what causes PACs? A single PAC ultimately triggers the afib so the answer is one. How close they are together probably doesn't matter much. Everyone is different so you're not going to find simple answers that explain how PACs relate to afib. I don't think it'sby Carey - AFIBBERS FORUM
Quotewolfpack I had to drink beer to counter the beta blocker effect of it. No lie. Well now, that was a novel solution. ;-) Vincent, I hate to hijack your question with this side track about propafenone's beta blocking qualities. I think the only safe thing we can tell you is to go ahead and give it a try. Who knows, maybe it will be more effective for you, but it could go the other waby Carey - AFIBBERS FORUM
QuoteGeorgeN Propafenone also has beta-blocking properties Okay, that's news to me so I did some more digging and the answer is as clear as mud. It seems that its beta blocking qualities are easily demonstrated in vitro but not so much in vivo, and in vivo is all that counts. The effect ranges from undetectable to significant and is genetically determined. For example, this is a typical stby Carey - AFIBBERS FORUM
QuoteElizabeth I am Vagal, only get AF at night when resting---I have taken Propafenone (150mg.) every night before bed for about 14 years, my EP has never had me take a AV nodal blocking agent. I have never had any problems such as you have had, perhaps it is because I take a small amount. Yesh, some EPs forego the precaution while others absolutely insist on it. The risk is low, but the conby Carey - AFIBBERS FORUM
Propafanone is a class Ic antiarrhythmic, the same as flecainide, so an AV nodal blocking agent should be given with it to protect against 1:1 conduction. I've experienced 1:1 conduction. Trust me, you don't want to go there. Being of the same class, I wouldn't expect it to perform any better than flecainide. You can try it, but don't be disappointed if it works about the sby Carey - AFIBBERS FORUM
QuoteDavrosT But today I've had premature beats every 20-30 beats for pretty much the whole day. That isn't approximate but seems about average. My HR at the moment is in the low 90s. However, I should point out that I ate a fairly large meal about 45 minutes to an hour ago so my hr could still be a bit high due to that. Over the course of the day, it's averaged out at 86 all day.by Carey - AFIBBERS FORUM
Quotelibby I'm an echo tech, but didn't know about isolation of the appendage in EP. Why is the velocity lower? Does the appendage contract? Yes.by Carey - AFIBBERS FORUM
QuoteJackie Dr. Rowe published in LANCET that extraordinary unremitting endurance exercise can injure a perfectly normal heart Okay, sure, maybe we understand a little bit about what causes fibrosis in a small percentage of afib patients. But the majority who are not endurance athletes remain unexplained, and they're the much more interesting question, especially the ones who lack all theby Carey - AFIBBERS FORUM
Quotelibby I had Disseminated Histoplasmosis in my 20's (I'm 59 now). I had bigeminy at times then. I've heard it can involve conduction. I'm not sure if that could have contributed. But, my Dad has a-fib and so does one of his brothers. Dr Natale sounds awesome! Is it hard to get into him? I guess I'll dink around with the meds and lifestyle changes a little longer. Whby Carey - AFIBBERS FORUM
QuoteJackie Carey - Cardiac Fibrosis can interfere with the electrical pathway conductivity mechanisms and definitely does cause arrhythmia. I understand that, but what causes the fibrosis? That's the point. Fibrosis is a result of disease, not disease in and of itself.by Carey - AFIBBERS FORUM
The big question is whether "lone" afib is really lone afib. In other words, are those of us diagnosed as lone affibers really free of structural heart disease or is afib itself a type of structural heart disease? The thinking is leaning in that direction these days, with the term atrial myopathy being used. Personally, I think almost without doubt this will be found to be the case in tby Carey - AFIBBERS FORUM
QuoteCatalinRo High levels of omega-3 increased the risk of developing prostate cancer by 44%. However, several concerns were raised on the overall design and methodology of this study. I haven't read the study but I'm already skeptical of their results so I bet there are concerns with the design and methodology. A huge increase like 44% should have been hard for others to miss.by Carey - AFIBBERS FORUM
Quotejmwe29 Carey, I surely didn't intend to aggravate you. Just saying, if an anticoagulant has no antidote, personally I'd think twice about using it. You didn't aggravate me. I get your concern about the lack of reversal agents, but in practice those aren't as life-saving as people tend to think. Major bleeding other than in the brain can usually be controlled surgically,by Carey - AFIBBERS FORUM
QuoteFibrillator Consult and CT on Sep 21st and Ablation with Natale on the 22nd. Can't wait! Shannon is my current hero. Ask for the suite. Trust me, it will be the nicest hospital room you've ever had. :-) Good luck!by Carey - AFIBBERS FORUM
Quotelibby I'd be ok to travel somewhere. What kind of questions would you ask when researching doctors? I tried to ask about how many a-fib ablations were done per year and success rates, but the lady on the phone scoffed at me saying how important and well thought of the particular doc was. She basically said she didn't know, but that can't be. That kind of response would getby Carey - AFIBBERS FORUM
QuoteJackieBenefits of Unrefined Salt (excerpted from The Guide to Healthy Eating): • Alkalinizing agent (raises pH in the body) • Balances blood sugar • Helps relax the body for sleep • Improves brain function • Prevents muscle cramps • Prevents varicose veins • Prevents osteoporosis • Regulates blood pressure (if adequately hydrated) • Thins mucous " Can you offer evidence toby Carey - AFIBBERS FORUM
QuoteJackie I just did an online search and noted a number of reports on this topic so apparently it's still a practice. Of course, the physician doesn't have to buy into that reward system, but it does exist. I know it exists but among the physicians I know personally, they don't think those things are worth their time or compromise of their medical ethics to even bother with tby Carey - AFIBBERS FORUM
Quotejmwe29 Pirate, from what I see online, there are other anticoagulants that would be a better choice simply because there is no antidote for Xarelto like there is for others. If you start bleeding, there is little or nothing that can be done. Personally, I'd avoid the stuff like the plague. I was helping an older lady that died of internal bleeding on that stuff, thus my interest. Is youby Carey - AFIBBERS FORUM
Quotelibby Thank you Shannon. Lots of good information! It feels so complex. Do you think in the general EP study the doc would weed out if the a-fib is from the right or left side? I read his note. I don't think he went into the left side. There were two catheters in the right and one in the coronary sinus. He didn't go to the left side. You would have seen mention of a septal punctby Carey - AFIBBERS FORUM
QuoteElanor I was told by the doctor prescribing Xarelto and other meds that I was probably having afib events all the time unnoticed by me. Three years later I finally convinced an EP to let me wear an event monitor. That was a good move because you found that the prescribing doctor was wrong. It's possible you have paroxysmal afib and your episodes are more than a month apart, but Iby Carey - AFIBBERS FORUM
QuoteElanor Thanks for the input. My confusion stems from the fact that ablation for SVT is not performed at the same location in the heart as for afib. So I don't understand how ablation for SVT could relieve me from taking an anticoagulant prescribed for afib. Unless, of course, ablation for SVT is known to relieve afib. But that doesn't correlate with anything I've read. Iby Carey - AFIBBERS FORUM
Quotedenverbiker Sorry for late reply...no sedatives for cardioversion. My choice, my bad I guess. I thought I understood from the nurse I would get some light pacing or shocks or such. So I begged off the sedation. Oops, 100J. Felt like a pro football player hit me from behind with a 20 yard start. LOL... Oops! I once asked my EP to skip the sedation. He just shook his head and said, &by Carey - AFIBBERS FORUM
QuoteElanor I'm on my 4th cardiologist. All they want to do is prescribe medication, not discuss prevention. I quit sotalol and the doctor who prescribed. I also quit taking metropolol and flecainide and the doctor who prescribed. I finally found a doctor who would let me wear an event monitor for a month. No afib, but lots of SVT. He says he'll let me quit taking Xarelto if I letby Carey - AFIBBERS FORUM
QuoteDavrosT I am due to go on holiday for about 10 days on Friday and I'm off at the moment. Was sat on the couch an hour or so ago and had a little run of ectopics for about 5-10 seconds. My HR jumped to about 84 for a while afterwards. Was a bit unexpected so caught me by surprise! I'm going to ask the typical question - considering I'm not at 9 weeks, would any of the above yetby Carey - AFIBBERS FORUM
Quoteanneh I am also on the 2.5mg Eliquis 2xday but was wondering if it would be bad to just take 1 dose once a day while not having any a-fib? Eliquis has a half-life of 12 hours, so once-a-day dosing means you'll spend half of each day with inadequate coverage. That doesn't accomplish anything positive. QuoteI was hoping that ablation made it possible not to have to use any of tby Carey - AFIBBERS FORUM