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- Alright veterans of catheter ablation... what was your blanking period like? I'm having a lot of a-fib last two days, 8 days post op, and my EP doc says don't worry. Have others experienced significant bouts of a-fib during the blanking period...
- I did it! My catheter radiofrequency ablation was performed by an outstanding team of health care professionals on July 14th at OSU's Ross Heart Hospital. Procedure time was well under 4 hours, and ablation was largely limited to the traditional...
- Far from FDA approved, or even a human feasibility to date, but a really cool story about a private investor empowering a dedicated physician scientist to continue on his path toward better catheter ablation...
- At some point, I would like to get some words on paper to develop a method of meditation specific for heart disease patients, and even more specifically, a framework of meditation for those of us with atrial fibrillation. Meditation is a beautiful...
- I've read some chatter lately about ablations not being a permanent fix to afib, and moreover that an ablation that works out well during blanking period and year out commonly must be repeated years down the road. Now the technique of RF ablation...
- Hi All,I crossed another threshold -- my first electrical cardioversion. At 37 years of age, this week was humbling. For the past year since my aborted ablation, I have about 1-2 bouts of afib per week lasting about 2-3 days each. In January...
- I have a good family friend who has had a-fib since he was 30 years old. he is now mid-60s. Hearing that I have a-fib, he gave me a call recently to let me know that he has been on atenolol for 30 years... that atenolol prevents a-fib occurrence...
- Okay my EP, noting that I'm freaked out to have another ablation, said we could try Tikosyn. We'd load for 3 days in hospital, and the whole chance of ventricular fibrillation also has me freaked. Does anyone here take Tikosyn? What do you think?...
- Hey y'all. It's 230am again. Afib. Restless. In case this happens to you, just wanted to let you know you're not alone. This heart rhythm disorder can be madness at times. I've had to 'make nice' with the wee hours of the night. I'm trying my...
- Have any of you discussed surgical alternatives with your docs? I have a curvy and narrow left-sided IVC vein that has made catheter ablation difficult.The 5-box mini maze was recently recommended, but it seems a bit overkill if isolating the...
- This study showing benefit of yoga on frequency of a-fib, and its often accompanying anxiety and depression, was actually published in a very good cardiology journal. I have to imagine a discipline meditation practice would offer similar results. ...
- A noteworthy study was published in the prestigious European Heart Journal last week: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25187524The authors analyzed how the pattern of a-fib occurrence (i.e., paroxysmal, persistent, or permanent) correlated with...
- Hi All,I was at the E.R two weeks ago. In the 2 weeks prior to that, I had two separate 2+ day bouts of a-fib, one bout lasting 4 days. I am 36 years old, 0 CHADS, and was on low dose aspirin. I went to the E.R. at 230am because I was having...
- I got to spend last Thursday morning at the E.R. I had a funnier-than-usual a-fib rhythm and could barely feel my pulse. I thought my feet were going numb, too, plus some chest tightness, so I called it a night and drove to the E.R. at 230am. The...
- One of the best EPs in the country has determined that traditional femoral vein access would no longer be appropriate for me, since I have a left sided inferior vena cava with a funky kink just north of the hepatic vein. It would make it difficult...