I doubt it because a Watchman only prevents clots from escaping the LAA, but during an ablation clots can be generated in the left atrium from the septal puncture and from the burns. A Watchman can't stop those. I would ask the oncologist how ironclad the prohibition is on anticoagulants. If they could be used short term during the procedure then a Watchman might make it possible.by Carey - AFIBBERS FORUM
If you can't receive any type of anticoagulants, I don't think an ablation is possible.by Carey - AFIBBERS FORUM
Yes, he's been using it for quite some time because he was involved in the clinical trials.by Carey - AFIBBERS FORUM
Quotecornerbax With that said, should I be concerned about a very brief 39bpm rate during sleep? That wouldn't concern me, but you could always cut the pills in half and take 25 mg. Or you could even just not take it daily and use it only as a PIP when an episode begins.by Carey - AFIBBERS FORUM
It's interesting how colchicine seems to have found renewed interest by the EP community recently. I received it following an ablation in 2014 but then never heard it mentioned again until about the last year or two. I consider the EP who did that ablation the best of the 3 EPs who did ablations on me prior to Natale, and I still use him as a local EP (though I haven't seen him since prby Carey - AFIBBERS FORUM
Quotemjamesone I was under the impression that the "official" pass/fail was no events >30 seconds in months 3-6, so by that criteria, I already "failed" or came close to failing, have to check the exact dates. I've never heard of that criterion. The most common criterion I've seen used is no sustained atrial arrhythmias at 12 months post ablation without the uby Carey - AFIBBERS FORUM
If you have no more episodes in the next month your ablation will "officially" be a success. However, the episode at 6 months isn't a positive indicator. Your ablation lines should have been fully formed at that point, so a sustained episode of afib suggests you still have afib sources that haven't been fully isolated. I don't know what they ablated in your procedure, butby Carey - AFIBBERS FORUM
I ride a road bike and occasionally a mountain bike, but I'm pretty mellow about the mountain biking and mainly just use it to go places a road bike can't go. I've never curtailed my activities because of anticoagulants. I wear a good helmet religiously because head injuries are really the only kind of bleeding to be concerned about. Everything else will stop on its own or can be sby Carey - AFIBBERS FORUM
I don't think you're going to be able to use a MyChart portal until you're actually a patient with them, and I don't think that has happened yet. Typical wait times for a procedure with Natale are 3-4 months, though that seems to vary a lot. Some people get in much faster, but I think you're safe looking at that as a likely timeframe. Just talk to Norma and she'll geby Carey - AFIBBERS FORUM
Call TCAI and ask for Norma. That's probably who it was.by Carey - AFIBBERS FORUM
Assuming you haven't deconditioned much, it will come down. Don't worry about it.by Carey - AFIBBERS FORUM
Those are some long pauses after the PACs (1.4 sec). That could be what's making you dizzy. Talk to the doc. Can the pills be split? If so, maybe try a half-dose, and if not maybe try 1 dose every 2 days.by Carey - AFIBBERS FORUM
Many people have asymptomatic afib. Consider yourself lucky. Many people also experience a connection between GI events like big meals and afib episodes. Very common. The ECG shows lots of PACs. They're second beat in those 2 and 3-beat pairs. Those are common too.by Carey - AFIBBERS FORUM
I think that illness was likely COVID and it left you with long COVID. The problems you've been experiencing are known to be associated with long COVID.by Carey - AFIBBERS FORUM
A couple of bleeding stories from my EMS days.... Story 1 We were dispatched to a rural home for a "wood splitter injury." That's all the info we got, so en route we were debating what it was going to be. I figured since they didn't give many details, it was probably fairly trivial, but my partner was certain it was going to be an amputation. Partner got it right. Whenby Carey - AFIBBERS FORUM
QuoteDaisy And with Medicare and a Medicare supplement plan my out-of-pocket was zero. It's odd, but I hear so often how superior private insurance is to Medicare, but as someone who recently went off an employer-provided plan and onto Medicare, I couldn't disagree more. With my former employer's insurance I paid $750/month premium, had a $3000/year deductible, and had to have prby Carey - AFIBBERS FORUM
QuoteKen A stroke, I will do everything possible to avoid. Agreed. I'll take all the bruising the world can dish out over a single "small" stroke. And a major one? Well, if you survive your life as you know it is over.by Carey - AFIBBERS FORUM
QuoteTodd Most people are deficient in Potassium to some degree. I don't believe that's at all true. If you have healthy kidneys, it's actually quite difficult to alter your potassium levels for more than a brief period of time. No matter what you do your body will regulate itself back to its natural set point very rapidly if you try to raise your potassium levels with supplementby Carey - AFIBBERS FORUM
Quotecalvin According to that score it is a 2, I will talk about this with my EP Thanks. Please do. It's probably not a good idea for you to go off the anticoagulant. You say you hate being on it. What is it you hate so much? I'm asking out of genuine curiosity because I hear this from people all the time and I never hear reasons why they hate it so much. Most of the DOACs have fby Carey - AFIBBERS FORUM
Quotecalvin Once I have my ablation this spring / summer if it is a success I will consider not taking the thinner again as I hate it. What's your CHADS-Vasc score?by Carey - AFIBBERS FORUM
There have been deaths and lawsuits associated with every drug you can name. There are huge law firms whose only line of business is recruiting people to join class action lawsuits against drug companies. Like, for example, the company you linked to. Lawsuits mean nothing, and class action suits do nothing except enrich lawyers. Nobody else gets more than pocket change from them. The data areby Carey - AFIBBERS FORUM
QuoteRobbiecriss Sorry for my ignorance but what does inboxing mean? It's an unusual way of saying she's sending you a PM (private message). Look up on the right side of the window right above the green bar. See the link to Private Messages? If that link is bold, it means you have a PM waiting for you to read.by Carey - AFIBBERS FORUM
MBBS is an international medical degree awarded in some other countries. It's equivalent to an MD and someone with an MBBS can practice in the US after completing the same requirements a foreign MD would have to complete (usually passing the graduate medical exam and completing a residency). So he's as much an MD as anyone else in the building with an MD after their name.by Carey - AFIBBERS FORUM
It's not that time critical. A few days won't matter. And no, it's not bad to have a procedure following the DST change. Remember, that happens on Saturday night so everyone gets a day and a half to adjust. I wouldn't be the least bit concerned about any of that. I echo Daisy's question. I wouldn't do the procedure if you're just getting an unnamed EP. It coby Carey - AFIBBERS FORUM
It's long been known that some people do experience symptoms even after an AV node ablation, but nowhere near the symptoms they'd be experiencing if the AV node was still functional. Susan seems to be one of the "lucky" ones. But resorting to amio seems to me a very harsh solution.by Carey - AFIBBERS FORUM
It's true. Funding research is always a struggle because there are far more medical problems in the world than there is money.by Carey - AFIBBERS FORUM
It shouldn't matter what your upper chambers are doing. The connection between them and your ventricles has been severed. So your ventricular rate (your pulse) remains normal during all this, right?by Carey - AFIBBERS FORUM
Quotecalvin Like all medical systems they are profit driven, I'm not sure there is any incentive to find a cause because there is lots of money to be made prescribing meds and preforming procedures. That's my gut feeling I would hope I am wrong. I think you are wrong. The doctors and centers that make money off procedures aren't the ones who are going to find the cause. That'by Carey - AFIBBERS FORUM
Quotesusan.d Ps. I was shocked when this head cardiologist suggested I start amio. Isn’t that the reason for an AV node ablation? You mean he recommended it now? What on earth for? What's he trying to accomplish?by Carey - AFIBBERS FORUM