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First Ablation
just waking up from my first ablation for fluttter and afib. A little stupid. A little groggy. EP said he was happy with the procedure. No promises. I was on the table for about 4 hours. Even with the general anesthesia, he stimulated the afib. No...
read morelatest replyEdhammer, May 16, 2018 9:38pm EST
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Update on Spencer
It has been a long weekend and I might get into that later in a different post. But I had my 30 day follow up after my third ablation. I had some instances of AFib, PVCs and PACs but nothing major. Bascially I was in NSR for the past...
read morelatest replyCindyH9423, May 14, 2018 12:14am EST
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Cleveland Clinic Health Chats
Yesterday I had the privilege of participating in one of the Cleveland Clinic's Health Chats, this one on atrial fibrillation. I want to thank Mellanie True Hills for helping set it up. They are great! This Chat was a written, not a verbal, one --
read morelatest replyTeagal, November 6, 2018 7:57am EST
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Watchman
has anyone had a Watchman implanted? I am going to talk to my doctor about using a Watchman rather than taking blood thinners.
read morelatest replystarfire, September 7, 2018 7:33am EST
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Tikosyn load and high qt after three doses - May be time to give up?
I am currently in the hospital for tikosyn load. Had a Cardioversion this morning after 3 doses of medicine. I converted to nsr for about 30 seconds. Doctor is now suggesting trying again next week. Also my Qt levels are now elevated so my dosage is
read morelatest replyJeanamo, March 2, 2018 11:30am EST
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Are ED drugs triggers for afib?
I am a 67 year old male soon to be 68. I have only had two afib/atrial flutter episodes over a 1.5 year period. I had an atrial flutter ablation 6 months ago and I have been in NSR ever since although I do take a 12.5 mg toprol daily along with a baby...
read morelatest replyRbrandt, February 6, 2018 4:58pm EST
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Just joined the blood thinners and major bleed group!
Well the posts title kinda says it all. Jan 29th I saw my urologist and everything was looking good from my surgery. In fact he said see you in a year! So I restarted my eliqus for he next Day January 30th. On February 2nd we drove from Tulsa to Oklahoma...
read morelatest replyJwhibba, February 13, 2018 1:33am EST
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Sleep study reveals lots of Leg movement
good morning allI was diagnosed with AFib a year ago and part of the assessment process was to have a sleep study. I did so and was found to have mild sleep apnea but most noticeable was greater than normal amount of leg movement while sleeping. So my...
read morelatest replyBlackKat, February 2, 2018 4:24am EST
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Causes of afib after meals.....plus artificial sugars ending with...ose...maltose etc
I too developed afib after meals that, hours later, gave me excessive gas that pressed on nerves near the heart. I started reading about the causes of gas which got me to sites that discuss our inability to process certain sugars. Google FODMAP and you...
read morelatest replyHeartfelt, January 30, 2018 9:07am EST
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New 2017 European Afib Stroke Risk guideline changes, no gender bias
Dr. John Camm from St. George’s Medical Center, London, UK, has new guidelines for Afib that states “gender is no longer an important consideration and that this is a major change in anticoagulant treatment for women. Dr. Camm was one of the principal...
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