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hi Lisa, You should be okay with regular doses of ELiquis, it's quite effective, though nothing is 100% The main thing is it very doubtful and embolic clot will form in the LAA while already on a steady dose of Eliquis. I wouldn't worry about it at this point, but the ongoing AFIB, is something to consider taking care of .. NSR is your very best defense ... and needing no OAC drug isby Shannon - AFIBBERS FORUM
The Activationproducts.com form of topical magnesium recently renamed 'EASE' from the former name 'Magnesium Infusion' is very absorptive and will not dry out your skin nor make it tacky or sticky like Ancient minerals topical Mag Oil and other such versions do. The difference is EASE is made from Magnesium Chloride Hexahydrate .. not just regular Mag Chloride and the Hexahby Shannon - AFIBBERS FORUM
Great news Ken, am glad that's taken care of and your feeling well and up and at it now. Keep us posted and you made the wise decision to finish the expert ablation process' always underscoring 'expert' and 'process'. Take care, Shannonby Shannon - AFIBBERS FORUM
Hi reseearcher. I too had reviewed this study when looking for AFIB Report candidates, but it had too many holes and as with many of these population-based studies their determination of when or if a person has been in AFIB is rather spotty and questionable. Just read 'excess ectopy' in this regard as an 'association' with stroke but it's NOT necessarily the ectopyby Shannon - AFIBBERS FORUM
Welcome DJB, And I'm glad to hear things are going so well for you. Relative to higher pulse rate after ablation it can last up to two years or even longer, but usually is much shorter. I had a higher than pre-ablation level for over 2 years before it gradually returned to within +/- 2bpm of my pre-ablation normal resting HR. Try Bystolic at 2.5mg a day as a low starting dose with thiby Shannon - AFIBBERS FORUM
I remember your story well and when you first came here Ken, and I look forward to your annual reports of NSR ... Take care and continue enjoying the good life and drop in anytime! Shannonby Shannon - AFIBBERS FORUM
Thanks Researcher, All interesting and I'm hoping this version of noninvasive mapping turns out to be more consistent and effective as a way for more EPs to feel comfortable extending their ablation methods beyond PVI alone by giving then select targets to ablate that stand a good chance to be regional triggers in a given patient. I'm very glad too to hear Professor Haissaguerre cby Shannon - AFIBBERS FORUM
Smackman, Sorry for the delay in reply, haven't had a lot of time to read all the posts recently. HT means 'hypertension' as in high blood pressure. Shannonby Shannon - AFIBBERS FORUM
Good news Murray, the time will pass quickly and look forward to hearing when you are solid NSR on your own again without any drugs. Shannonby Shannon - AFIBBERS FORUM
I spoke with John yesterday, and it sounds very much to me like primarily a Mutlaq reaction. I have heard of three such cases before with similar side effects especially the severe and sudden fatigue and lack of appetite, but John was going to his cardio too yesterday for some follow up tests. Barring anything truly unusual, this will all resolve in due time in any event. He has been off Multag 6by Shannon - AFIBBERS FORUM
Really enjoyed our conversation on the phone yesterday Ron and the very good news you are now well past blanking with only solid NSR and can stop all OAC drug too! As noted yesterday, the remaining minor remnants from the ablation will continue fading away as well with some passing time and it's good to hear too you are ready to start increasing the exercise a bit more again, keeping it nby Shannon - AFIBBERS FORUM
Really enjoyed our conversation on the phone yesterday Ron and the very good news you are now well past blanking with only solid NSR and can stop all OAC drug too! As noted yesterday, the remaining minor remnants from the ablation will continue fading away as well with some passing time and it's good to hear too you are ready to start increasing the exercise a bit more again, keeping it nby Shannon - AFIBBERS FORUM
Yes blood thinners can help reduce SCI burden, likely cardiokinase too, but that is only speculative as I know of no data around that, just good common sense as SCI generally needs a lower level of OAC strength to lessen, as I understand it. As such, Cardiokinase, if it has any effect at all as Im sure it does to variably degrees, should help in reducing SCI accumulation. However, the number oby Shannon - AFIBBERS FORUM
Hi Anti AFIB, Another poster sent me your post above with a question about if PACs that trigger AFIB all originate from the PVs. Just to clarify, while PACs do indeed also come from the PVs they are not at all only from PVs. The main extended portion of of the most successful advanced ablation methods by Natales group, Bordeaux and others is to do first a PVI or PVAI and then seek out at zap Nby Shannon - AFIBBERS FORUM
True enough George, and getting deep vein thrombus from couch potato syndrome doesn't help :-)by Shannon - AFIBBERS FORUM
HI All, I just finished my third follow up 3D-TEE at Scripps and woke up from the propofol just 1 hour and 10 minutes ago and Magdalena already just dropped me off at the hotel 10 miles from Scripps while she is off to rendezvous with one of her long time La Jolla girlfriends while we are still here in La Jolla/Del Mar area. And after this brief check in to the forum and these few short posby Shannon - AFIBBERS FORUM
Hi Que, Don't go off Eliquis until you get the specific green light to do so. It doesn't really require tapering either, though you always can if you like that way better. Great to hear the good news and many thanks too in the other thread for the offer to help and will call for a pow wow soon. Travis has been compiling the current site to understand exactly what will be morphed iby Shannon - AFIBBERS FORUM
One in three AFIBBERS having a real stroke (and not when including TIAs or SCIs ( silent cerebral ischemia) in that number is a big over-exaggeration ,, However, include the other two, especially SCIs and the numbers might easily hit that mark if not more ..... just saying. In a number of studies SCI have been seen in from 46 up to 80% of some AFIB cohorts studied. The consequences of SCI asby Shannon - AFIBBERS FORUM
There were some concerns expressed about deflection at ISLAA in Feb ... Natale has tried it ... In over 7,500 PVAI ablation a he has done to date there have never been an esophageal fistula. Natalie's ace in the hole on the posterior wall is his use of his own developed gliding catheter technique in which he does not just the perpendicular vertical dot by dot pressure technique that has beenby Shannon - AFIBBERS FORUM
Lynn, Dr Natale and his staff typically control meds for the month leading up to an ablation and typically 6 months after the ablation. When all is good and in NSR the patient is turned back over to their local cardiologist or EP for ongoing local follow up and medication following. With his huge ablation numbers there is no way to keep them all on with him as their prime prescribing EP indefiby Shannon - AFIBBERS FORUM
Hi George, A beta blocker can have a secondary impact on initiation as you noted but it is very minor impact in degree. By itself it will not have a anti arrhythmic action to an ongoing arrhythmia nor will it ever convert a person to NSR from an active arrhythmia. It was an old wives tale many years ago with few AAR drugs were around and beta blockers were all docs had pretty much to combatby Shannon - AFIBBERS FORUM
Another option that can be a good fix too, if you have had some time ( a full year at least) after your LAA isolation and you are solid NSR then the odds are very high you will not need another LAA isolation touch up ... and then you could go with the Watchman device which a few Docs have gotten to be real experts in too. the top Volume Watchman installer these days is either Douglas Gibson atby Shannon - AFIBBERS FORUM
No Smackman, metoprolol will not keep you out of AFIB. Your cardiologist in misinformed. It can help control rate and lessen the intensity and symptomatic nature of the beast, but it will not act as a primary anti-arrhythmic therapeutic at all. This is another good lesson of why seeking out a very good regional EP is typically miles a head of having regular smaller commmunity cardiologist follby Shannon - AFIBBERS FORUM
Good news Alangford! With your good blanking period history you may well be waved at 3 months or so, the only possible caveat I could envision is due the the mild stenosis from your first ablation, but to my knowledge that doesnt really impact stroke risk much at all .. not at the lower end of stenosis like yours which requires no treatment to begin with too. Good luck with it all and letsby Shannon - AFIBBERS FORUM
For all our subscribers to The AFIB Report, with the beginning of our probably 6 month or so full website redesign process now underway, I noted in our last issue of the newsletter that during this period with my time priority having to go first to the redesign effort, that the publication date for each issue of the newsletter would be less predictable and would likely slip some with, until now,by Shannon - AFIBBERS FORUM
Hi Barb, will call later, but I agree completely with George...if Dr N thinks it's safe to stop Eliquis he will. He is not a doc who will park someone on a blood thinner unless they really need it. And for the time being having to take a Med that you have said has no side effects for you and with reasonable precautions that I know you are aware of should be okay certainly for now ... No bby Shannon - AFIBBERS FORUM
Amyorca, Glad to hear some of our well vetted recommendations are helping you! BTW, at 61 even as a female, if you do not have any other cardiac risk factors in the CHADS2-VAS system you do not qualify for AAR drugs anyway at this point on the American Heart Association and Euro Society of Cardiology guidelines . Now if you doc feels you have other issues that might make you at greater risby Shannon - AFIBBERS FORUM
Hi Lynn, the flutter ablation preformed by some EPs during the first ablation is for evidence of existing RIGHT sided typical flutter such as CTI (cavotricuspid flutter which is a very different animal than the kind of atypical fuller that can appear after a left sides AFIB ablation, and which is an unpredictable, but not that uncommon of an occurrence, About 50% of this atypical fluttersby Shannon - AFIBBERS FORUM
Really good news things are going well Jim! I recall our conversations fondly as a real old timer in terms of prior ablation success too getting ready for one more ride to hopefully seal the deal for the duration. Your ablation case report summary that you recounted above reveals a textbook example of what is often seen now many years later during the initial EP study portion of a new toucby Shannon - AFIBBERS FORUM
Means its an outcome of a personal anecdotal experiment of 1... Nothing wrong with that at all and NSR is NSR now matter how it is achieved, but its not the same a broadly effective measure across the board with a high degree of positive impact or cure. There is also the issue that every long term EP out there can attest to at least a handful of patients they treated often with long term AFIBby Shannon - AFIBBERS FORUM