Structural and Functional Benefits of Restoring Sinus Rhythm in Patients With AF [www.practiceupdate.com] Brain lesions: [www.ahajournals.org] [academic.oup.com] [mdpi-res.com] Some positive news: [www.frontiersin.org] https://www.afibbers.org/forum/read.php?9,184722,184722#msg-184722 Wed, 15 Apr 2026 05:34:29 +0000 Phorum 5.2.23 https://www.afibbers.org/forum/read.php?9,184722,184739#msg-184739 Re: Structural and Functional Benefits of Restoring Sinus Rhythm in Patients With AF https://www.afibbers.org/forum/read.php?9,184722,184739#msg-184739
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Elizabeth
George:

in the first of the sites that Susan posted the URLs for they are saying that after having an ablation there were symptoms of brain infarcts, did the ablation caused them? In your posting the site is saying that AF causes brain infarcts, so what is right? I know a few people that have had permanent AF for many years and they are normal.

Liz, I think both are possible. This is a link to the first paper on ablations & anticoagulation during them: [www.jacc.org]

I remember being told these are possible during a bypass operation, though I've not looked at this specifically.

I think afib is a risk for these, not a guarantee, so is an ablation. I'm not the expert, but this is my opinion.]]> GeorgeN AFIBBERS FORUM Tue, 22 Mar 2022 01:21:05 +0000 https://www.afibbers.org/forum/read.php?9,184722,184737#msg-184737 Re: Structural and Functional Benefits of Restoring Sinus Rhythm in Patients With AF https://www.afibbers.org/forum/read.php?9,184722,184737#msg-184737
in the first of the sites that Susan posted the URLs for they are saying that after having an ablation there were symptoms of brain infarcts, did the ablation caused them? In your posting the site is saying that AF causes brain infarcts, so what is right? I know a few people that have had permanent AF for many years and they are normal.]]> Elizabeth AFIBBERS FORUM Tue, 22 Mar 2022 00:15:40 +0000 https://www.afibbers.org/forum/read.php?9,184722,184733#msg-184733 Re: Structural and Functional Benefits of Restoring Sinus Rhythm in Patients With AF https://www.afibbers.org/forum/read.php?9,184722,184733#msg-184733
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Elizabeth
What does this mean: taken from Susans first site?

A cautionary word is that AF patients may experience symptomatic as well as silent ischemic brain infarcts during AF ablation which may occur spontaneously; events such as these may contribute to cognitive decline.1, 2 Apparently, silent cerebral infarcts in stroke-free AF patients may not be silent after all. Eliminating them must be the next goal.

My interpretation of "silent ischemic brain infarcts" is that there were no symptoms and these were not discovered until an MRI was performed on the brain. This is a link to reference 2 in your quote: [academic.oup.com]]]> GeorgeN AFIBBERS FORUM Mon, 21 Mar 2022 22:33:47 +0000 https://www.afibbers.org/forum/read.php?9,184722,184732#msg-184732 Re: Structural and Functional Benefits of Restoring Sinus Rhythm in Patients With AF https://www.afibbers.org/forum/read.php?9,184722,184732#msg-184732 susan.d AFIBBERS FORUM Mon, 21 Mar 2022 21:40:09 +0000 https://www.afibbers.org/forum/read.php?9,184722,184731#msg-184731 Re: Structural and Functional Benefits of Restoring Sinus Rhythm in Patients With AF https://www.afibbers.org/forum/read.php?9,184722,184731#msg-184731
A cautionary word is that AF patients may experience symptomatic as well as silent ischemic brain infarcts during AF ablation which may occur spontaneously; events such as these may contribute to cognitive decline.1, 2 Apparently, silent cerebral infarcts in stroke-free AF patients may not be silent after all. Eliminating them must be the next goal.]]> Elizabeth AFIBBERS FORUM Mon, 21 Mar 2022 20:39:59 +0000 https://www.afibbers.org/forum/read.php?9,184722,184722#msg-184722 Structural and Functional Benefits of Restoring Sinus Rhythm in Patients With AF https://www.afibbers.org/forum/read.php?9,184722,184722#msg-184722 www.practiceupdate.com]


Brain lesions:
[www.ahajournals.org]

[academic.oup.com]

[mdpi-res.com]

Some positive news:
[www.frontiersin.org]]]> susan.d AFIBBERS FORUM Mon, 21 Mar 2022 04:13:27 +0000