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Competitive Powerlifting, but now with AFIB
Hi all I was a competing powerlifter until January when I had my first episode of AFIB, and it has been very scary since, with a difficult battle to get "stable" Took a long time to get my blood pressure under control, etc.. and I have...
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Endurance Exercise with AFIB
I'm a 59yo male who had an ischemic stroke March 4, 2020, with no warning signs or apparent risk factors. Overall very minor impacts from the stroke. I'm a distance runner, and was less than three weeks from my 20th marathon. ...
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First exercise
Hi all, Following my heart-restoring process with medicine two week ago, I had my first exercise today. It was walk & run for 1 hour. I did not have any major complaints but my pulse significantly remained low: Around 80 during fast walk...
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Volunteers Needed for Cardiovascular Study
VOLUNTEERS NEEDED for CARDIOVASCULAR RESEARCH STUDY Hello, my name is Thomas V. Parinello, and I am a doctoral candidate in the clinical psychology program at Fielding Graduate University. I am conducting my dissertation research on cardiovascular...
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Any studies on Max/Optimal Training Dose for well trained individuals/ athletes with AFIB
I know there are studies on endurance athletes getting afib, but are there any studies regarding how hard you can train with ongoing afib if otherwise fit and healthy? when does it get dangerous? There is plenty of conflicting advice, but I want scienctific...
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Persistent Afib and treatment
I am in early 50s and diagnosed with lone AFib and persistent. An active runner, run 3 miles per day and keeping heart rate below 155. Generally don't feel the symptom except intense exercise. Nurse Practitioner suggested to consider Catheter Ablation...
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Apple Watch series 4
I was just diagnosed with Afib. I had a reading on my Apple Watch series 4 and on my Iphone X. Is the Kardia mobile and the Alivecor app a better monitor than the already installed Apple Watch ECG? Any suggestions for a different device such as
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Sharing some good news...
When I first posted in this forum, it was June and I was still having chest pain from my Feb. 28 ablation. My cardiologist had given me the OK by April to resume normal exercise with a max heart rate of 140. But with the ongoing chest pain, I didn't...
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I guess I maybe overdid it a little...
I celebrated my five-month anniversary of my one and only ablation (so far) by walking more than 15,000 steps in the 85-degree heat on Sunday afternoon here in Boston. That's nearly 6 miles and 3 hours of walking in the heat. At the time, I felt up...
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Supplements and weight training
I worked out 5 days a week before i suffered a cerebelar stroke. Its been 53 days since and i would like to return to the gym. My heart dr. said i could but have to go lite. Im waiting on having a hole in my heart repaired. My main question is if it is...
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