Having seen an internist and my local cardiologist since my last post (about 2 weeks ago) they agree on my diagnosis - inflamed pericardium and pulmonary effusion in my lower left lung as a result of inflammation following my ablation. My cardiologist tells me that another gentlemen he is treating had an ablation the same week from Natale at CPMC and has identical symptoms. Here is a link from the Cleveland Clinic describing the symptoms etc - [
my.clevelandclinic.org]. I will undergo further diagnostics (echocardiogram) next week to see if I have fluid in my pericardium (hoping I don't). My doctors have prescribed 200 mg of celebrex once daily to control the inflammation, which has helped considerably but not resolved it after 8 days. My doctor can still hear hear the "pericardial rub”, that is produced by the rubbing of the inflamed lining of the pericardium as my heart beats. I'll post an update when I know more.
