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        <title>Ablation success rates diff for women?</title>
        <description> I have visited a few EPs now as I consider having an ablation.  I was told by one that women with thyroid problems are the most difficult to ablate and that I should make sure my thyroid is stable before attempting an ablation.  The Dr. that told me this would not estimate my probability of success because of the thyroid issue.  I am hypo and had a med. change this last summer because my T3 was quite high and TSH a bit on the low side.

Just wondering if anyone has heard this before and whether there are any ablations stats on women.</description>
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            <title>Re: Ablation success rates diff for women?</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[ Yes, thanks.  Very interesting.]]></description>
            <dc:creator>judianne</dc:creator>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 10 Feb 2015 23:04:55 +0000</pubDate>
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            <title>Re: Ablation success rates diff for women?</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[ Researcher, thanks that was a very interesting article.]]></description>
            <dc:creator>Lynn</dc:creator>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 10 Feb 2015 14:56:08 +0000</pubDate>
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            <title>Re: Ablation success rates diff for women?</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[ I take synthroid.  At one point in the late summer my tsh was at the very bottom of the normal range.  If I remember correctly around .2.  Now it is more like 1.2.  I was told that adding new thyroid meds can create new hot spots.  Have you ever heard that before?]]></description>
            <dc:creator>Lynn</dc:creator>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 10 Feb 2015 14:46:53 +0000</pubDate>
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            <title>Re: Ablation success rates diff for women?</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[ Lynn - what meds are you taking now  for your thyroid?   I was told during my many consults that going too much in the direction of being on the &#039;hyper&#039; side would not be a good thing heading into ablation or afterwards.  <br />
<br />
Jackie]]></description>
            <dc:creator>Jackie</dc:creator>
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            <pubDate>Sat, 07 Feb 2015 22:23:51 +0000</pubDate>
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            <title>Re: Ablation success rates diff for women?</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[ Success rates are similar between gender.  However, the procedural risk of bleeding related complications are significantly higher for women.  I promised Shannon months ago to post a write up regarding complication stats comparing surveys of tertiary ablation centers and &quot;overall average&quot; centers.  May be it is time to do it if enough people are interested.<br />
<br />
Melanie Hills had written a nice article regarding gender difference when it comes to disease management.<br />
<br />
[<a href="http://www.eplabdigest.com/articles/Gender-Matters-Why-Afib-More-Fatal-Women"  rel="nofollow">www.eplabdigest.com</a>]]]></description>
            <dc:creator>researcher</dc:creator>
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            <pubDate>Sat, 07 Feb 2015 18:27:33 +0000</pubDate>
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            <title>Ablation success rates diff for women?</title>
            <link>https://www.afibbers.org/forum/read.php?9,149532,149532#msg-149532</link>
            <description><![CDATA[ I have visited a few EPs now as I consider having an ablation.  I was told by one that women with thyroid problems are the most difficult to ablate and that I should make sure my thyroid is stable before attempting an ablation.  The Dr. that told me this would not estimate my probability of success because of the thyroid issue.  I am hypo and had a med. change this last summer because my T3 was quite high and TSH a bit on the low side.<br />
<br />
Just wondering if anyone has heard this before and whether there are any ablations stats on women.]]></description>
            <dc:creator>Lynn</dc:creator>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 06 Feb 2015 22:38:34 +0000</pubDate>
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