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        <title>Ectopics 5-months post ablation</title>
        <description> Hello,
I received a Natale ablation about exactly 5-months ago down in Auston. (11/20/19)  Shortly after discontinuing Flecainde approximately 1-month ago, I&amp;#039;ve been having lots of ectopics. (Seems to be all PACs)  I&amp;#039;m able to control them if I take 50MG Flecainide once daily but I&amp;#039;m trying to avoid the medication all together.  Do you think this is a sign that the Natale ablation was a failure (albeit no afib yet) and that my long term prognosis isn&amp;#039;t good?  Or are post-ablation ectopics very common and I can expect these to dissipate over time?  When I had discontinued all medication 5-days prior ot the procedure, I didn&amp;#039;t receive a single ectopic that I was aware of and no afib.  Things seem to be worse now, at least from an ectopic standpoint.  I&amp;#039;m starting to feel very discouraged and wondering if I made a mistake by going to Natale.  Thank you for your support.</description>
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            <title>Re: Ectopics 5-months post ablation</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[ I&#039;ve had 4 ablations. 2 with Natale (Nov 2017 and April 2018). Always had occasional but manageable ectopics post ablation after stopping meds. (I take 300mg of magnesium per day.) Started bad ectopics basically 24/7 for about a week at about 9 months out. After several sleepless nights, decided to go to 50 mg flec and 12.5 mg atenolol. This dosage kept the ectopics in check for about a year. Had recurrance of bad ectopics this past Feb. Increased flec to 100 mg.So far so good. Everyone&#039;s condition is so different with this disease. Mine had progressed to a severe case. I was honestly told be my local EP that none of the EPs (there are 8 EPs at this hospital) could have done what Natale has done. He also told me that if I would have stayed with them I would probably be in permanent AF and on rate control. While I am still on meds, I am very grateful for what Natate has done and would (will) go back to him for another go at the beast. Hope this helps.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2020 16:45:00 +0000</pubDate>
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            <title>Re: Ectopics 5-months post ablation</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[ Definitely not a mistake, and your ablation wasn&#039;t a failure. The fact that you&#039;ve had no sustained AF without flecainide this far out proves the ablation was successful. I know the ectopics are annoying, but they&#039;re not AF. What you&#039;re experiencing is common even with successful ablations. I can&#039;t promise they&#039;ll diminish in the coming months, but they most likely will.]]></description>
            <dc:creator>Carey</dc:creator>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2020 04:26:56 +0000</pubDate>
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            <title>Re: Ectopics 5-months post ablation</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[ I really don’t think you made a mistake. PACs are quite annoying, for sure. Are you supplementing anything like magnesium to see if that helps?]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2020 01:46:22 +0000</pubDate>
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            <title>Ectopics 5-months post ablation</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[ Hello,<br />
I received a Natale ablation about exactly 5-months ago down in Auston. (11/20/19)  Shortly after discontinuing Flecainde approximately 1-month ago, I&#039;ve been having lots of ectopics. (Seems to be all PACs)  I&#039;m able to control them if I take 50MG Flecainide once daily but I&#039;m trying to avoid the medication all together.  Do you think this is a sign that the Natale ablation was a failure (albeit no afib yet) and that my long term prognosis isn&#039;t good?  Or are post-ablation ectopics very common and I can expect these to dissipate over time?  When I had discontinued all medication 5-days prior ot the procedure, I didn&#039;t receive a single ectopic that I was aware of and no afib.  Things seem to be worse now, at least from an ectopic standpoint.  I&#039;m starting to feel very discouraged and wondering if I made a mistake by going to Natale.  Thank you for your support.]]></description>
            <dc:creator>bkimura</dc:creator>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2020 17:23:35 +0000</pubDate>
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