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Has anyone seen any posts or logs where someone is still in NSR ten years after their ablation?
Sometimes I think expectations of an ablation should be elimination of symptoms for the symptomatic, and buying X years of NSR to stall heart remodeling for both the symptomatic and asymptomatic. I am not trying to be a downer. I just haven't seen posts that reflect l-o-n-g term results. I've posted before about what is included as a definition of successful ablation... things like 1,2,3 years out, reduction in afib "burden" (frequency and duration of afib), and reduction or elimination of symptoms. I wanted to believe that those that have successful ablations stop posting and move on... but I have followed 4 other separate websites and it seems that there are more ablations that didn't take then those that did. If I decided to have one, I would only go to the best. Has anyone else thought of these issues? Reasonable expectations? Definitions of success? petey Posted on 06/08/12, 04:05 pm |
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What scary and discouraging reports.
My doctors were very encouraging and said they had excellent results consistently. They had done 800 ablations in the four years previous to my procedure so they were very experienced. My doctor was Dr. Roger Winkle of the Silicon Valley Cardiology Center and I went to the Palo Alto office. http://siliconvalleycardiology.com/... I have also heard Dr. Patrawala of that same group is very good. I honestly do not expect this procedure to fail, but I do think the very most important thing is to find an extremely experienced and top notch physician. Dr. Winkle used to be with Stanford before going into private practice and he is first rate. Good luck everyone. I hate atrial fibrillation and hope you all will find relief. Technology is always improving, so that is good. 
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What scary and discouraging reports.
My doctors were very encouraging and said they had excellent results consistently. They had done 800 ablations in the four years previous to my procedure so they were very experienced. My doctor was Dr. Roger Winkle of the Silicon Valley Cardiology Center and I went to the Palo Alto office. http://siliconvalleycardiology.com/... I have also heard Dr. Patrawala of that same group is very good. I honestly do not expect this procedure to fail, but I do think the very most important thing is to find an extremely experienced and top notch physician. Dr. Winkle used to be with Stanford before going into private practice and he is first rate. Good luck everyone. I hate atrial fibrillation and hope you all will find relief. Technology is always improving, so that is good.
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heidet:
I like Dr Peykar. He has been very available to discuss anything. petey
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So sorry that my post repeated. I don't know how that happened or how to get rid of it. Does anyone know how to delete it?
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