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A forum for sharing experiences regarding atrial fibrillation and other atrial tachy-arrhythmias.
Re: High calcium score - Yesterday
Quotegloaming I am positive I read about a suspected link between heart disease and gum disease at least 10 years ago. Absolutely true. It's been known for some time (although the insurance industry seems incapable of recognizing the evidence). And that's true both in an acute sense and a chronic sense. Chronic low-level gum disease produces inflammation and we all know that prolongedby Carey - AFIBBERS FORUM
Re: New Study - 3 days ago
Could be true but that's news to me. I'll have to go looking for it. And it seems like strange reasoning considering that aspirin has a higher bleed risk than the DOACs like Xarelto and Eliquis.by Carey - AFIBBERS FORUM
Re: High calcium score - 5 days ago
The usual advice is the same as for cardiac health in general. Lose weight, exercise, reduce alcohol, etc. How are your cholesterol numbers? Statins can help lower calcium levels.by Carey - AFIBBERS FORUM
Re: Ablation in Plano/Dallas - 10 days ago
If I were your sister I would be headed to Austin to have Dr. Natale do it. She can do all the preliminaries via telemedicine so only a single trip would be required.by Carey - AFIBBERS FORUM
Re: Watchman/TEE - 12 days ago
Yep, I've had two TEEs at St. David's and they were both done right there in the prep room. Welcome to the Watchman club!by Carey - AFIBBERS FORUM
Re: 10 Months Post- Sinus Tach (IST) - 14 days ago
IST has no relation to afib or flutter that I'm aware of, and I doubt it's a harbinger of anything seriously bad. How fast is the tachycardia and how long does it last?by Carey - AFIBBERS FORUM
Re: Convergent Ablation - 18 days ago
And a word of caution. Although an AV node ablation renders most people asymptomatic, a small percentage still feel the afib even though their heart rate is normal. Not as uncomfortable as before the procedure, but not 100% asymptomatic. It's definitely the last resort option with no alternatives once you do it.by Carey - AFIBBERS FORUM
Re: afib de ja vue after years of NSR - 22 days ago
I agree with gloaming's post -- all of it -- and I would add that there are a few studies that show caffeine is actually mildly helpful for afib.by Carey - AFIBBERS FORUM
Re: Health Literacy Media - paid opportunity - 23 days ago
You forgot to add the link.by Carey - AFIBBERS FORUM
Re: Celebrating my post ablation 3 month anniversary - 23 days ago
Hey Cindy, so glad your ablation was a success and so glad you've found this site helpful. The best help always comes from people who've been through what you've been through.by Carey - AFIBBERS FORUM
Re: Heart Attacks Decline, But CVD Deaths Climb - 27 days ago
There are a lot of confounding factors in that study that could have affected the arrhythmia numbers, which the authors discuss. For one, death certificates and ICD reporting aren't the same today as they were in the 1970s. It's common today to see cause of death listed as sudden cardiac arrest (an arrhythmia) when in the 70s it would likely have been reported as heart attack. Anywaby Carey - AFIBBERS FORUM
Re: Heart Attacks Decline, But CVD Deaths Climb - 27 days ago
I need to read the original research pegging arrhythmia deaths at a 400% increase. I'm very skeptical and videos don't work for me. The other CVD causes of death don't surprise me at all. Obesity used to be unusual, now it's the norm, and with obesity comes diabetes, metabolic syndrome, hypertension... all the ingredients for CVD. This appears to be the original sourceby Carey - AFIBBERS FORUM
Re: New Pulsed-Field Ablation Device Found Effective at 1 Year - 28 days ago
Hi Nella, welcome to the "6" club. Sorry to see you here. If you haven't already read this, you need to. Also, FIRM is nonsense, borderline scam at this point. Sorry to say I let someone do that crap to me too but it was 2015 and it seemed like a new and promising theory. For someone to still be practicing that after 2017 is appalling. There's zero credible evidence the unby Carey - AFIBBERS FORUM
Re: Persistent Increased PACs after ablation? - 4 weeks ago
From what I've seen it's all over the place and there's no way to predict how it will go. Some people experience few, if any, while others experience numerous. It's one of the most discussed subjects here so plenty of history to search through but I wouldn't expect to find any revelations. They often respond to the same things afib does, such as magnesium and high potassiby Carey - AFIBBERS FORUM
Re: Post ablation atrial contractility - 5 weeks ago
Quotelibby What's "the company it keeps" theory? Theory of what? I've never heard that phrase used as a theory.by Carey - AFIBBERS FORUM
Re: SHOILD I GET A REDO ABLATION - 5 weeks ago
What does a low histamine diet look like?by Carey - AFIBBERS FORUM
Re: Feedback on Los Angeles doctor - 6 weeks ago
It happens and it's not really a complication; it's just that your anatomy must be unusual and none of the sizes of devices will fit you properly. The Amulet is made exactly for people like you.by Carey - AFIBBERS FORUM
Re: SHOILD I GET A REDO ABLATION - 6 weeks ago
It doesn't matter what triggered it. A 9-hour episode of afib indicates the ablation wasn't fully successful, so a touch-up procedure is warranted.by Carey - AFIBBERS FORUM
Re: Simulations of beating heart may inform treatments for atrial fibrillation - 6 weeks ago
You're quoting something but you didn't link to what it is. Could you please do so?by Carey - AFIBBERS FORUM
Re: Probiotics ? - 7 weeks ago
QuoteQwackertoo With your experience of 6 ablations, I have another question. What happens IF I have an episode the morning of my PFA? Either early hours or right before or while I'm there since I haven't been told what time to show up yet. Do they cancel it? Try to get me out of AF and proceed as planned? Thanks~! Then you lucked out. Being in afib during the procedure makes itby Carey - AFIBBERS FORUM
Re: Bed mattress - 7 weeks ago
QuotePixie Basically my question is, do you think a tencel eucalyptus mattress top cover can cause AFIB or other arrhythmias? 😞 I find it hard to believe that any mattress or mattress cover can cause afib.by Carey - AFIBBERS FORUM
Re: Probiotics ? - 7 weeks ago
I wouldn't start any new supplements now if I were in your shoes.by Carey - AFIBBERS FORUM
Re: Bed mattress - 7 weeks ago
When did bacteria, mold, and mildew become a problem with mattresses anyway? I think it's just a marketing gimmick that solves no actual problem.by Carey - AFIBBERS FORUM
Re: Bed mattress - 7 weeks ago
QuotePixie Hopefully I am way “over-thinking” this one as Carey has pointed out to me in the past. I may have thought you were overthinking something in the past, but you're not now. I would never buy any piece of furniture, bedding, etc. that was infused with some unspecified concoction of "essential oils and minerals." Why the hell does a mattress need anything infused? And I wby Carey - AFIBBERS FORUM
Re: Powered sofa causing AFIB - 2 months ago
How did you measure voltage on this chair? Did you use a multimeter and place one probe on the chair and another on some nearby grounding point such as the ground plug on an electrical socket? I ask because if that chair actually has an electrical potential of 50 volts (or greater than zero, actually), I would unplug it and throw it in the trash. I can't imagine how the exterior of a chaby Carey - AFIBBERS FORUM
Re: Dealing with a lot of pain at the puncture site after ablation - 2 months ago
That bruising drifting down your leg is perfectly normal. Gravity always wins. I have a picture of mine with black and blue running all the way down my upper thigh to my knee. It will take a couple of months go go away, but it will. It's harmless.by Carey - AFIBBERS FORUM
Re: Neck injury and tachycardia? - 2 months ago
You didn't say what your heart rate is and whether it's sustained or comes and goes or what. Never mind the watch. Use your Kardia.by Carey - AFIBBERS FORUM
Re: Post ablation atrial contractility - 2 months ago
Another reason why this forum software has to be replaced. It has no "like" button.by Carey - AFIBBERS FORUM
Re: Post ablation atrial contractility - 2 months ago
Well, it looks like I invented that single dose comment. Not sure where I got that. Yes, atrial myopathy only applies to the atria.by Carey - AFIBBERS FORUM