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Researcher, A lot of post ablation flutter is of the atypical left atrial flutter variety rather than the more typical right atrial CTI flutter you mention. Though that too can make it's first appearance after a left atrial AFIB ablation as well and thus is often zapped on the way out from an AFIB ablation first procedure. The atypical left atrial flutters post ablation tend to be less amby Shannon - AFIBBERS FORUM
Hi all, Although this topic is more properly slotted for the General Health forum and will be posted there as well for the longer term. I wanted to make notice of it here too for those who may rarely venture over to the general health forum so they too can have a look at this excellent and interesting interview with highly regarded Functional Medicine MD and gluten sensitivity/celiac expert Dby Shannon - GENERAL HEALTH FORUM
HI all, Although this topic is more properly slotted for the General Health forum and will be posted there as well for the longer term. I wanted to make notice of it here too for those who may rarely venture over to the general health forum so they too can have a look at this excellent and interesting interview with highly regarded Functional Medicine MD and gluten sensitivity/celiac expert Dby Shannon - AFIBBERS FORUM
Barb got her ECV yesterday and like a few of us predicted and reassured her it was pretty much a non-event and she left the hospital ticking away in NSR and prepared to call Dr N's office to start setting up the LAA touch up when available in Austin. She is doing fine and in good spirits when I last heard from her, just an update. Shannonby Shannon - AFIBBERS FORUM
Heal up soon Smackman from the shiner! Glad to hear the ticker is running along fine. Take it easy, Shannonby Shannon - AFIBBERS FORUM
Sounds like you have a good bruise because you got a good whack in the eye with a bat... That will do it with or without Xeralto Smackman. I got hit below my eye 26 years ago when a bent over the top handle of a long hand truck when a friend accidently dropped a large heavy box of computer paper on the front lip of this hand truck when it was laying down thus launching the top handle of the handby Shannon - AFIBBERS FORUM
Hi Barb, You are welcome :-) . It's all going to be just fine, and now your sister Phyliss is going with you that's great and will make what will be a much easier ride than even the first one turned out to be seem even more like a piece of cake. Austin is a cool college city with wonderful restaurants and a beautiful river front and large campus of University of Texas very close to Sby Shannon - AFIBBERS FORUM
The thing to do Barb is take the time now to set up the touch up which is very likely needed. McHales Flutter happened within the first 6 weeks of his ablation and no longer than 2 months which is the blanking period. Yours is at more than 7 months which is clearly beyond any conceivable blanking period. Could you have a number or months, or even longer, of quiet from here still before thingsby Shannon - AFIBBERS FORUM
Barb and researcher, The 4S is supported Barb and I think so is the iPhone 4. Shannonby Shannon - AFIBBERS FORUM
Hi Barb, Like we discussed on the phone this morning, while I was hoping you would be one and done too Barb and I know its a bit disappointing but as you know and we have discussed there was a pretty strong likelihood with your degree of fibrosis and long term AFIB that you would need one more touch up, though 'one and done's' are happening more frequently these days when it usby Shannon - AFIBBERS FORUM
Jean, you are right that the AliveCor will only catch those events through deliberate testing . Just test periodically and randomly and while you may not catch every sleeping trigger the odds are high that you will catch at least some silent episodes if you are having them from time to time, regardless. Unless if you only have breakthroughs while sleeping and never at all during the day or earlyby Shannon - AFIBBERS FORUM
Don't go to Amazon go to AliveCor.com to be sure you get the right version. Get the one that works with your phone and I like the Iphone 5 version, simply because that is my phone. Take care Barb, Shannonby Shannon - AFIBBERS FORUM
Hi Barb, At only 115bom for a short while before going back 100 and lower it as almost surely just a little run of sinus tachycardia likely triggered by the acupuncture. I have experienced on two occasions direct triggering of what so thought was flutter but likely was a sinus tachycardia at similar speeds when having work done on my chronic neck problems. Recall I had to wear a modified Floriby Shannon - AFIBBERS FORUM
Hi JohnBM The report you quote about the number of ablations being done not having a bearing on success is wrong. A number of other reports have confirmed a strong connection between operator and center experience and both increased success rates and significantly decreased complication rates. The model used for screening in this report no doubt put the spot like on these other contributors whby Shannon - AFIBBERS FORUM
Hi Kevin, Thanks for sharing your experience with Woundseal. I also used Woundseal last March 2013 when again back in Amsterdam for my annual visit and got a nasty deep cut when a large canal house door slammed on my finger while still on Coumadin before my Lariat procedure. You can find a discussion on it in the archives from back then if you'd like to see that from about 13 months ago heby Shannon - AFIBBERS FORUM
Barb. Don't worry about short blips if fast regular HR or ectopics. Just let it ride. Make sure your Magnesium is solid and add to the potassium a bit, that may well settle thing down. Your heRt is part of normal life too though as a recent former afibber you, and most of us, at first post ablation are hyper aware of anything we consider a potential issue. Most often even when it's justby Shannon - AFIBBERS FORUM
JohnBM Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Thanks for your responses. > I must admit that the more i read the more > confused i am getting: > "Arrhythmia-free survival rates after a single > catheter ablation procedure were 40%, 37%, and 29% > at 1, 2, and 5 years, respectively" > Does that mean that more than half of ablationsby Shannon - AFIBBERS FORUM
Hi Jean, Sorry to hear about the break through, though as we discussed, with such a complicated case and a lot of burning needed with such a long 7 hour procedure and considering the existing extent of fibrosis, the odds of having some more actively are higher as you know. Still you have done well in spite of it all so far, and am hoping too for less of these silent episodes going forward.by Shannon - AFIBBERS FORUM
Will see what I can find out from some of my sources Smackman but will take me a while after being gone a the last couple weeks and have a lot to catch up with. Shannonby Shannon - AFIBBERS FORUM
One thing to keep in mind with George's case is that he fundamentally seems to have been an endurance exercise-based Afibber primarily. In other words my sense is that his is a classic case of lone AFIB that I think tends to be more amenable toward nutritional dietary/exercise modifying modalities to successful minimize the beast. George is also very dedicated and focused on following whaby Shannon - AFIBBERS FORUM
Hi John BM, You have to be very careful when reviewing past stats to see the big picture clearly of the AFIB ablation scene and history. Each of the stats from the very encouraging to the rather dismal have been, and are, true within the context of the various groups of EPs and centers involved as well as patient population selections and the look back periods in time that a given study refleby Shannon - AFIBBERS FORUM
Hi Smackman, That jittery nervous feeling could well be from adrenal insufficiency and/or thyroid dysfunction either of which could also be triggered, in part or in whole, by a 'poly-pharmacy' effect due to a sudden change in your multiple daily drugs protocol. Perhaps not just a specific 'withdrawal' effect to the specific drug Multaq, but to a the sudden change in your coby Shannon - AFIBBERS FORUM
Hi Colin, It seems that I was mistaken on the additional discount from Iherb being and added 10% on top of their already discounted supplement prices, but rather it is a fixed additional $5.00 discount for first time users of The Vitamin Shop link on our site. I recall getting the $5.00 discount when I first ordered via the store on a supple to order of around $45.0o and I suspect that is whereby Shannon - AFIBBERS FORUM
Hi Dirk, Good to hear you have a set a date now. The issue of burden is kind of like with radiation burden, while yes it's certainly preferable to have relatively few episodes spread out over time, and have those episodes be mostly shorter duration episodes, after a long number of years even on not an extensive amount of activity, there typically is a cumulative impact in the form of gradby Shannon - AFIBBERS FORUM
Hi Colin, I'm not sure and will have to look into it starting tomorrow and will get back to you. I'm still learning all the ins and outs of some aspects of the site too Since starting to take over management four months ago and need to verify just how the mechanism of that feature works as well. Thanks for letting me know Colin. Will get back to you as doom as I can sort it allby Shannon - AFIBBERS FORUM
Hi Madeleine, Welcome to our little oasis in the AFIB universe, Dr Natale at present is not doing ablations in NYC though he did periodically for a CUV e month period last year. That may change again, but in the meantime your best bets are in Austin at Texas Cardiac Arrhythma at St David's Medical Center http://www.tcainstitute.com/Home.aspx?ucm=true]Dr Natale in Austin at St Davids whichby Shannon - AFIBBERS FORUM
Hi John21 and James77, John, I think you are referringto Potassium gluconate and the most convenient and inexpensive form of it that I know is from Now Brand supplements that you can get right here through our very own Vitamin Shop - Now Potassium Gluconate powder. But please, once you have seen this link above please first go back to the main 'Vitamin Shop' link at the top leftby Shannon - AFIBBERS FORUM
Hi JohnBM and welcome to our message board and website, you definitely found the right place. I noticed you are in Ireland so its clear why your quality ablation options are a little more difficult to arrange. If you can afford to swing it though, at some point when and if the time is right, there is Bordeaux and either Professors Haissaguerre or Jais there who are very reliable and top tier aby Shannon - AFIBBERS FORUM
Hi LeeLocy, Welcome and its as good a place as any to start. Once you explore the site and archives in more depth you will find a huge ocean of alternative perspectives on addressing AFIB and an attempt at underlying mechanisms that work hand in hand with electrophysiological methods. Explore the AFIB Resources link about include The Strategy- Metabolic Cardiology for starters ... Have toby Shannon - AFIBBERS FORUM
JohnBM Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > What do you recommend for the vast majority of us > who cannot afford, or do not have access to these > elite ablationists? > My cardiologist remarked that he would "soon be > getting the equipment" when i asked him about the > option of a PVA a few years ago. When i asked him > how manyby Shannon - AFIBBERS FORUM