Quotesusan.d I am saving Carey from retyping :-) Thank you!by Carey - AFIBBERS FORUM
Quotetobherd I think I have to stop Googling the Watchman, as I read about the many possible side effects or things that could go wrong...and the author of the article I saw saying it was heavily marketed was David Becker, a cardiologist. Is that who you were thinking of, Carey? Google any invasive procedure you can think of -- even dental procedures -- and you'll find scary stuff. So it&by Carey - AFIBBERS FORUM
Quotetobherd I still am not clear as to why anything more is needed, as I had successful ablations and no longer have Afib. It's been over 7 years and all is well. Why am I still at risk for a stroke? Because you don't have an LAA that pumps adequately. Once your LAA was isolated, it no longer pumps normally and consequently blood can stagnate in it and form clots. Without constanby Carey - AFIBBERS FORUM
Poppino's options are fairly limited until he does his 6-month TEE. He has to assume he can't skip even a single dose of anticoagulant until then. He can change between them (which he's already tried) but he can't stop them.by Carey - AFIBBERS FORUM
Quotesusan.d Both Tom and I are getting the watchman with Dr Natale. The difference is his will be in Austin and he will get the TEE the day before while mine will be in CA and the TEE will be done during/just before the watchman implant. I can’t speculate why the TEE schedule of the day before vs during the procedure differs… There's no medical reason. That's just a scheduling thing.by Carey - AFIBBERS FORUM
It's really unlikely that an irritated vagus nerve is still irritated 4 years later. Nerves heal slowly, but damage severe enough to take 4 years to heal would have had immediately obvious symptoms at the time. I think you're barking up the wrong tree on that one. There are several antiarrhythmic drugs, and only two of them have any serious toxicity concerns (amiodarone and digoxin)by Carey - AFIBBERS FORUM
QuotePoppino The other strange part- i took it march thru aug nothing! Then it started in sept and has gotten worse See, that's what makes me really doubt the cause is Eliquis. Drugs don't usually lack side effects and then suddenly develop them. I think you should investigate other possible causes. Since the pain seems to center around musculoskeletal issues, and you're fairlby Carey - AFIBBERS FORUM
Oh, okay, I misunderstood and got your procedure dates mixed up. You don't even have the Watchman yet. Yes, 45 days after your Watchman they want a TEE to confirm placement and absence of leaks. I doubt Austin will object to you doing that TEE with your local EP if he has experience evaluating Watchman implants. The TEE it's rather critical that you fly to Austin for is the one inby Carey - AFIBBERS FORUM
QuotePoppino I will be asking if i can have the 45 day TEE with my EP in Charlotte. Huh? 45 days was in mid-September, almost 3 months ago. The TEE they're doing in February is your 6-month TEE to verify there are no clots present and size your LAA.by Carey - AFIBBERS FORUM
QuoteMabmedz So my question is why is there so much negative talk about Amiodarone. Because of lung, liver, and thyroid toxicity. Amiodarone can have devastating side effects, some of which can leave you with permanent lung and liver damage. And yes, thyroid problems too, but that's not going to kill you like the liver and lung toxicity can. Pompon is right: you feel okay so far. Amio isby Carey - AFIBBERS FORUM
Feel your pulse for 30 seconds. Is it an irregularly irregular rhythm? By that I mean there's no pattern or predictability to the pulse at all. If so, it's almost certainly afib. Easier solution: Buy a Kardia. You don't need the more expensive 6L and you don't need to sign up for their plan. You can get one for $69 on Amazon.by Carey - AFIBBERS FORUM
I don't think I really noticed that first mention at the time. Okay, so there are two people who've experienced pain they believe was a side effect of an anticoagulant. Drugs.com listed pain as a common complaint, but only two people on this and other forums I've followed sure doesn't make it sound common. Poppino has an isolated LAA so trying nattokinase would be very riskby Carey - AFIBBERS FORUM
It should be okay. It's an antihistamine plus acetaminophen, not a decongestant, and decongestants are the ones to avoid with afib.by Carey - AFIBBERS FORUM
I was given the option of aspirin, 1/2 dose Eliquis, or take nothing. The "official" FDA protocol is aspirin for life, but to my knowledge there's no good data supporting that. And in Europe the practice has been to take nothing, so what is the FDA basing it on? It seems to be more a "we need to do something" line of thinking. After consulting with Natale, my PCP, anby Carey - AFIBBERS FORUM
No, it is not. You can't compare Apple Watch recordings to ECG recordings you find online. They aren't the same thing.by Carey - AFIBBERS FORUM
QuoteElizabeth I believe that AF is in our DNA, my mother had AF and i think my grandmother had it as well. I completely agree with you that afib is probably an inherited disease. It's probably a prerequisite that you have the genes in the first place to ever develop afib. But having the genes probably doesn't guarantee afib. It's just a prerequisite But if you do have that geneby Carey - AFIBBERS FORUM
Without question obesity is an afib risk factor. That's been demonstrated in many studies. No, that doesn't mean if you're obese you're going to get afib, but it does mean if 100 people are obese and 100 others aren't, more of the obese people will have afib than those who aren't obese.by Carey - AFIBBERS FORUM
Quotehiker Thank you carey. I hope that's right if so that would my first bout of afib in almost a year. I would post the kardia strip if I knew how The Kardia will give you a PDF of the recording. Take that and post it to any of the free file sharing services such as Google Drive, then post a link to it here. Or you can email it to me. Check your private messages for my email address.by Carey - AFIBBERS FORUM
Quotehiker He said it was afib. It don't look like anything I'd before. Hope he's right. Thanks again. It would be virtually impossible for an MD to misidentify v-tach as afib (or anything else, really).by Carey - AFIBBERS FORUM
What was the response? I'm hoping (and betting) the reviewer said it wasn't v-tach.by Carey - AFIBBERS FORUM
Almost everyone who's had an ablation has experienced bouts of afib, atrial flutter, and/or assorted ectopic beats in the following weeks. It's perfectly normal and to be expected. The amiodarone will almost certainly bring it under control soon, but don't let them leave you on that for months. It's okay for short-term control during the blanking period following an ablation,by Carey - AFIBBERS FORUM
I'm always leery of side effect lists because they rarely get filtered for common sense. For example, one of the listed side effects of Eliquis is afib. That's ridiculous, of course. Eliquis gets prescribed to people because they already have afib. But that's how side effect data is collected. If a patient in one of the clinical trials reported a side effect, that side effect getsby Carey - AFIBBERS FORUM
Yep, totally normal. In fact, I wouldn't be surprised if it goes higher.by Carey - AFIBBERS FORUM
I think you absolutely should. If your situation is that complex then you should seek out the specialists who understand it, which probably means more than one.by Carey - AFIBBERS FORUM
Yes, it's a thing. There aren't a lot of them because three board certs is long, hard program, but do a fellowship in cardiology, adult congenital cardiology, and electrophysiology and that would make you an adult congenital electrophysiologist. I found programs at Yale, Cleveland Clinic and other top-shelf centers.by Carey - AFIBBERS FORUM
Enlightening post, thank you. Quotebettylou4488 In a nutshell imho, It is good to get multiple opinions from the people that do it. I wonder also- is there a post on here of "all the questions you should ask an EP?" I am sure there is. Not that I know of, and if there is it's probably out of date by now, so there's going to be a new one. It will be a group effort. Standby Carey - AFIBBERS FORUM
First off, how high was high and was it the only out outlier result? If it was just slightly out of range, and particularly if it was a lone outlier, then it probably doesn't mean anything. Otherwise, it could indicate inflammation somewhere in the body, and we all know inflammation can trigger afib. But I doubt the monocytes are responsible. As George suggested, I would expect they'by Carey - AFIBBERS FORUM
QuoteLenlec Cheers Carey. Does one Af attack mean the rogue signals have now permanently found A pathways even after just 3 months ? I wouldn't interpret a single episode to mean anything at all, particularly since it followed 3-4 beers.by Carey - AFIBBERS FORUM
One episode doesn't a failure make, particularly after 3-4 beers. You just need to wait and see how it goes. Are you on any meds?by Carey - AFIBBERS FORUM
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