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        <description> I&amp;#039;m going for my 1st ablation with Dr. Natale on June 18 and I have CHF with a 20-25% EF. For those who have had ablations with this level of HF, how did post-ablation turn out? I&amp;#039;m not in anxiety mode yet but I&amp;#039;m sure it will hit me on the 6 hour drive down there. I have been in persistent Afib since last December but rate controlled nicely with Metoprolol and digoxin ( I wish I were back on Carvedilol, however). My HR is mostly in the 70&amp;#039;s and I sleep fine. I have an ICD set at 200/60 I&amp;#039;m assuming it&amp;#039;s helping somewhere. The last 2 docs I saw checked with their scopes and pulsed me and said I was almost NSR. I&amp;#039;m happy the VA is footing the bill for this and any future needs with Dr. Natale that I may need.</description>
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            <description><![CDATA[ I&#039;m going for my 1st ablation with Dr. Natale on June 18 and I have CHF with a 20-25% EF. For those who have had ablations with this level of HF, how did post-ablation turn out? I&#039;m not in anxiety mode yet but I&#039;m sure it will hit me on the 6 hour drive down there. I have been in persistent Afib since last December but rate controlled nicely with Metoprolol and digoxin ( I wish I were back on Carvedilol, however). My HR is mostly in the 70&#039;s and I sleep fine. I have an ICD set at 200/60 I&#039;m assuming it&#039;s helping somewhere. The last 2 docs I saw checked with their scopes and pulsed me and said I was almost NSR. I&#039;m happy the VA is footing the bill for this and any future needs with Dr. Natale that I may need.]]></description>
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