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Have you got a date yet Sam?by mwcf - AFIBBERS FORUM
Hi Doug, Who did your ablation for AF? Jais or Hocini? Were you persistent by the time you had the ablation? Hope you don't mind me asking - just that that's where I'll be doubtless heading in due course. Gill here on this forum had an ablation at Bordeaux 15 years ago and is still AF-free but she does report having a LOT of PACs daily - a nuisance but a lot preferable to AF!by mwcf - AFIBBERS FORUM
Hi Jackie, I like to take a junior (75mg) aspirin each day. Does this cause any adverse issues when supplementing with Taurine? Which brand of Taurine powder do you yourself use?? Cheers, Mikeby mwcf - AFIBBERS FORUM
Hi Jackie, Noted, but - as is the case in so many similar scenarios - is it not equally likely (or more likely) that the reasons WHY folk are taking PPIs are involved with precipitating arrhythmias more than are the PPIs themselves per se? Looking forward to your upcoming piece on mitochondria and what we can do to try and look after them better! Kind regards, Mikeby mwcf - AFIBBERS FORUM
George; gotta admire your dedication fella!! But doesn't it make something of a mess?!by mwcf - AFIBBERS FORUM
What George, wolfpack and JoyWin said. All it's basically saying is that once you've had AF that's resolved (whether spontaneously, with meds or CV) then one is at risk of having it again therefore the commensurate stroke risk continues. No 5h!t Sherlock!by mwcf - AFIBBERS FORUM
What George says: Email: stephanie.bentz@chu-bordeaux.frby mwcf - AFIBBERS FORUM
Many thanks for all of that info George - much appreciated. Cheers, Mikeby mwcf - AFIBBERS FORUM
Thanks again George. Hopefully not too dumb of a Q, but I recall WW’s main benefit being it containing ‘elemental’ magnesium. Does your vinegar analogue contain similarly? Cheers, Mike EDIT: just bought 1kg of Mg hydroxide from your link George. How many grams of this powder to I mix 2:7 with apple vinegar to get 1g elemental Mg per day please? (For starters - and split into 2 doses aby mwcf - AFIBBERS FORUM
Many thanks George - will look into all of this. Do you make WW using Mag Hydroxide and, if so, how?? (in terms of how many grams/level teaspoons per L of soda water and how do you get it into the soda water without the stuff fizzing out all over the place?) Cheers, Mikeby mwcf - AFIBBERS FORUM
I've decided to have another go with the Waller Water. Thing is, so far as I can tell, the EU, in their wisdom (.....), have done away with the original garbage-free variety as it had too much sulphate in it - the only one I can get here in the UK is the minty sweetened rubbish. Is there anywhere in the US that I can buy a decent quantity of the original stuff with half-reasonable postby mwcf - AFIBBERS FORUM
Everyone i know who have taken PPIs for 20-30 years (some of them now in their 70s) have had no adverse issues whatsoever. Sometimes taking a PPI is simply the lesser of the available evils. Here's a 2017 review in laymans' terms: Clearly hypomagnesaemia is a concern to AFrs though... Here's a detailed 2018 study from the Health Authority for Wales in the UK: I takby mwcf - AFIBBERS FORUM
So you're saying you assumed AJR, but Natale saw some semblance of P waves and decided your 80 bpm rhythm was/is NSR?by mwcf - AFIBBERS FORUM
Quotejpeters I went through no fewer than five unsuccessful ablations over the last 7 years, so I absolutely understand your viewpoint. I'm curious how many ablations the heart can sustain, and what happens after that? Thanks I guess that after enough ablations the atria can't even sustain AF! But one will lose some if not all of the 'atrial kick' that contributes somby mwcf - AFIBBERS FORUM
George, noted and agreed. Although maybe the RF balloon might result in lower PV reconnection rates even for top tier EPs? Although even that said Natale's 'gliding catheter' approach maybe has that nailed down better still already. Not that anyone other than Natale and his proteges in the US seem to be doing that so far as I can tell though. Another thing I wondered is whetherby mwcf - AFIBBERS FORUM
Here’s a couple on accidental electric shock actually causing AF. (Since no-one wants to talk about RF balloon ablation )by mwcf - AFIBBERS FORUM
What wolfpack says.by mwcf - AFIBBERS FORUM
QuotePompon I think all those improvements on ablation techniques are fantastic, but they only relieve the symptoms of AF. My take is that a properly and expertly carried out ablation will for 80-90% of folks (particularly paroxysmal AFrs) stop AF happening period. Rate control is the only thing that will - in most cases at least - 'relieve' symptoms of AF whilst it's happening pby mwcf - AFIBBERS FORUM
Indeed Dean! Bordeaux still top of the heap for me. Although I've got to say that this guy Schilling in London IS the only EP - in the UK at least - who has his own hospital-audited success (and complication) rates published every year - for 2016 results (latest stats owing to 18 month follow-up) see here: I'd stress that the above stats are his OWN figures for his OWN personaby mwcf - AFIBBERS FORUM
Thanks George..... I think! The thing for me though is that any electrolyte supplementation I try ends up making me more prone to ectopics and AF rather than less. Magnesium supplementation has always done it. Even IM Mg injections did it and after 4 weeks of them I had AF (this being 5 or 6 years ago). I do OK with the Concentrace mineral drops though so stick with those for at least 300mg iby mwcf - AFIBBERS FORUM
George, Where do you get your K citrate please? I’ve tried the bicarbonate but it tastes aweful!by mwcf - AFIBBERS FORUM
tsco, No, that AJR (assuming that's what it is) only occurs in tandem with AF. As in, I can get AF lying down (usually in bed - either 1am or 5 am typically) and then the AF switches to the AJR when I stand up (go the loo, for a drink, whatever); then when I lie down again it will - after a few minutes - slowly drift back into AF (and so on) until I convert from either or the other (usualby mwcf - AFIBBERS FORUM
Alcohol in moderation has never given me any issues whatsoever - if anything, it noticeably reduces ectopics (maybe by slightly speeding up my rather slow resting HR of high 40s/low 50s?). Now....MSG on the other hand....A good wallop of that and AF will absolutely follow 2 hours later!by mwcf - AFIBBERS FORUM
Yes tsco - that's my Acc Junt. But that said, my EPs thus far have always been a bit uncertain about it - hence why I am always looking for further opinions - particularly from the very top EPs!by mwcf - AFIBBERS FORUM
What George says. If there's time, please ask for the maestro's 10 second verdict on this example of accelerated junctional rhythm! Cheeky as hell yes. But a bloke's gotta try! Anyway totally understand if you just think b*gger off mate!! Anyway, hope you get things sorted out for yourself ASAP and seeing Natale has to be the very best place to start.by mwcf - AFIBBERS FORUM
George, What do I know, but 4 to 8 certainly look like things are progressively calming down with 8 clearly and most distinctly being NSR nice and tidy. 5 through 7 look a bit more chaotic within their otherwise orderliness if you know what I mean - as in QRSs more strung out and P waves larger and closer after the QRSs. Porbably telling you nothing you don't already know but whatever!by mwcf - AFIBBERS FORUM
Interesting idea wolfpack. It certainly sounds plausible/possible, but for me the non-AF 80-90BPM arrhythmia doesn't feel like NSR as it feels more unnatural and kind of 'bounding'. But I do take your point re my ECG - that certainly looks pretty much like NSR except for the lack of (or barely discernible) P waves.by mwcf - AFIBBERS FORUM
Jackie, Noted, but the arrhythmia I'm talking about has been happening on occasion your over 10 years now and hasn't evolved/progressed into anything like AFlutter. That said it has always occurred after AF - it was only the first time I had it (as per the ECG I attached) where it pretty much started up before AF, but I wouldn't want even to swear to that as the runs of ectopicsby mwcf - AFIBBERS FORUM
wolfpack,I think I've managed to do as you suggested, so thanks for that. It is indeed a bit of a puzzler. It's the apparent lack of P waves that's the kicker. But then again, my P waves a quite subdued even on a ECG of NSR - but that said they're still discernably there. Carey, no; no digoxin ever - as a 99% vagal AFr I wouldn't touch the stuff. The rhythm in quesby mwcf - AFIBBERS FORUM