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Cleveland Clinic docs Q&A forum addresses a lot of questions raised here
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Cleveland Clinic docs Q&A forum addresses a lot of questions raised here January 18, 2013 04:29PM |
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Questions on AF management, non-drug, drug and ablation and comments on anticoagulation and evolution in technology. Thanks to Mellanie True Hills for putting this together.
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Re: Cleveland Clinic docs Q&A forum addresses a lot of questions raised here January 18, 2013 09:36PM |
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Re: Cleveland Clinic docs Q&A forum addresses a lot of questions raised here January 18, 2013 11:16PM |
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Re: Cleveland Clinic docs Q&A forum addresses a lot of questions raised here January 19, 2013 09:42AM |
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Re: Cleveland Clinic docs Q&A forum addresses a lot of questions raised here January 20, 2013 08:19PM |
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Dr. Saliba: "There are data about long term success rates. Usually the recurrence following the first 2 years is 3-5% per year. There is data up to 5 years where success rate has dropped down to 50%"
That's pretty depressing and I don't consider that very good odds. Only 50% afib-free after 5 years. And they speak of AFib as a progressive disease (meaning it always gets worse) and anti-arrhythmic medications and ablation only delay the journey to persistent and permanent AFib.
That's pretty depressing and I don't consider that very good odds. Only 50% afib-free after 5 years. And they speak of AFib as a progressive disease (meaning it always gets worse) and anti-arrhythmic medications and ablation only delay the journey to persistent and permanent AFib.
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Re: Cleveland Clinic docs Q&A forum addresses a lot of questions raised here January 21, 2013 02:18AM |
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Re: Cleveland Clinic docs Q&A forum addresses a lot of questions raised here January 21, 2013 08:22AM |
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Diane
Remember that the 5 year data is based on ablations done when the procedure was much newer than it is now, and there were many EPs still learning how to do it. One of the Bordeaux EPs told BarryG that she cringed when she thought about what they were doing 5 years ago.
I am definitely in the 'cringe' department having had my ablation in Bordeaux in January 2003 after 18 months of persistent AF, but I am one of the lucky ones for whom it is still working.
Gill
Remember that the 5 year data is based on ablations done when the procedure was much newer than it is now, and there were many EPs still learning how to do it. One of the Bordeaux EPs told BarryG that she cringed when she thought about what they were doing 5 years ago.
I am definitely in the 'cringe' department having had my ablation in Bordeaux in January 2003 after 18 months of persistent AF, but I am one of the lucky ones for whom it is still working.
Gill
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Re: Cleveland Clinic docs Q&A forum addresses a lot of questions raised here January 21, 2013 09:31AM |
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Re: Cleveland Clinic docs Q&A forum addresses a lot of questions raised here January 21, 2013 01:34PM |
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Dianne,
You may be interested in the actual long-term data from the Cleveland Clinic. The 5-year success rate depends very much on who did the procedure(s) and whether or the patient was afib-free at year 1 of follow-up [www.afibbers.com]. If the patient was afib-free at 1 year the 5-year success rate of 87% sounds reasonable and is quite in line with the findings of our 2009 ablation/maze survey [www.afibbers.org].
Hans
You may be interested in the actual long-term data from the Cleveland Clinic. The 5-year success rate depends very much on who did the procedure(s) and whether or the patient was afib-free at year 1 of follow-up [www.afibbers.com]. If the patient was afib-free at 1 year the 5-year success rate of 87% sounds reasonable and is quite in line with the findings of our 2009 ablation/maze survey [www.afibbers.org].
Hans
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Re: Cleveland Clinic docs Q&A forum addresses a lot of questions raised here January 22, 2013 09:09AM |
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