Yes I did. I believe it was posted on stop-afib.org and this forum by me. It came from a medical website. I'll check.

petey

Let me start with this website: http://www.stopafib.org/newsitem.cfm/NEWSID/311/predicting%20very%20late%20recurrence%20of%20atrial%20fibrillation%20after%20catheter%20ablation/persistent%20atrial%20fibrillation

This basically says that at 3 months or less it is only inflammation causing the problem (I know somewhere I found that inflammation after ablation is a sign of an effective ablation).

"Early recurrence occurs within three months of catheter ablation and is related to tissue inflammation that arises from ablation. If atrial fibrillation returns during this period, it usually subsides after the tissue has healed."

petey

Another website (American heart association): "The swelling and inflammation produced by ablation lesions in the heart heal over the following weeks. During this period, some patients experience recurrent AF or other fast rhythms (atrial tachycardia or atrial flutter). As healing progresses, these arrhythmias usually resolve."

http://circ.ahajournals.org/content/113/13/e666.full

petey

Petey,
the Brigham hospital article(where I had my ablation) says the following WEEKS post ablation afib are from inflammation. The stop afib statement says the subsequent three MONTHS are from inflammation.I wonder which it is.
I would also love to see where the statement about post ablation afib caused by more durable lesions came from.
Thank you
John

Dr called me!! He said everything that has been said in this thread. It may stop suddenly or taper off. Its a waiting game at this point. More events than pre ablation is a definitely a sign that its from inflammation.

I'm glad you got the positive reinforcement, axiomtherapy! petey

After my first ablation I went into afib a few times daily. I ended up in the hospital 2 times because they were lasting about 7 hours with tachycardia. I also started suffering these intense hot feeling momentswith tacycardia that would last a few minutes. Well after 3rd month my atrium became enlarged , i think it was because of abuterol treatment, and started suffering from atrial tachycardia and atrial flutter. Needless to say I need a 2nd ablation. I had that june 10 of this year. With in 48 hrs after that ablation my heart was suffering from a atrial tachycardia at 135for 7hrs straight. So I ended up in hospital. Things got worst a couple days after that my heart was going at 140 to 265 for about 6 hrs so I went back to hospital. Doctor pit me on a monitor and discovered I was suffering everyday from aflutter, atach, afib, pvc, pac, svt and vtach. I was a mess. 6 weeks into it I got congestive heart failure. It took about 4 months later plus God, multaq and metaprolol to finally calm thingz down. I have been pretty much smooth sailing since then. Now I'm the extreme case of afib atach. So urs could very well be normal.

I'm the happiest I have been in 2 years since it first started. It took countless hospital visits, 2 ablation and 3 cardioversion attempt but I'm here. You will get there too. It just takes time for the body to heal.

Apparently, afib begets afib only before ablation not after, correct?

They dont want you to go into afib after ablation as that does not help the heart heal

I am late to chime in here but had my ablation in late July 2103 - so 5 months ago..I had a 2 day episode of aflutter 2 days after the procedure...First thing I thought: did I make a mistake, waste my time..etc.. Then a few weeks after that, I had around a 3 week aflutter episode AND had to be cardioverted for the first time in my entire life. was even more bummed because my Afib always converted on its own with no intervention. Since the cardioversion, it's been 15 weeks and I have not had an episode since...I have had a few short aflutter runs (at most 3 seconds), a few palps. Also over the last 15 weeks my work and travel schedule have been stressful and crazy travelling around the world. At the same time I increased the distance of my runs up to 10 miles with no effect...So I am now feeling WAY BETTER about my ablation . I have done some l triggering like bending over funny and flipping in bed etc and I feel like a little quiver or something but it goes away immediately and nothing happens....so hang in there John since you are still very early in the healing process!

Thanks snowshoedude. Posts like that are really good to hear. I appreciate it!!

Those sneaky PACs have shown up again but I think Flecainide is doing its job. Im going to attribute them to the blanking period as its been just over 3 weeks since ablation.

Pacs and flutters here too, grrrr

Sorry about the PACs and Flutters. Are you wearing a monitor?