Interesting episode conversion experience April 20, 2018 04:33PM |
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I used it for a few minutes (didn’t have the presence of mind to time it) and my rhythm went out of afib to a rhythm at 134 BPM. I wasn’t thrilled about the high rate and was concerned it might be flutter, though the Kardia ECG strips looked like they had p waves. I’ve not looked at a lot of flutter strips (I’ve never had it, to my knowledge), so wasn’t confident in my strip analysis.
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Frying pan -- fire ? April 21, 2018 05:24PM |
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Sounds like it could be Flutter. It is a Common Effect from the Flecainide. Many people who previously just had NSR/AFIB, now have alternating NSR/Flutter/AFIB. Its why some of us don't take it, once we establish NSR.
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Sounds like it could be Flutter. It is a Common Effect from the Flecainide. Many people who previously just had NSR/AFIB, now have alternating NSR/Flutter/AFIB. Its why some of us don't take it, once we establish NSR.
Wow! Thanks for the heads-up on flec. I'm just approaching flec for the first time (for PIP only) and wasn't aware of this perverse effect--seems kinda obvious now that I know about it though
My cardiologist tells me he doesn't think I'll have any side effects. He said to take 300 mg. when an episode hits. He did not mention flec's proarrhythmic effects as a possibility though
What is the likelihood of pill-in-pocket leading to atrial flutter??
New at this and have never taken any heart drugs. Would rather not but it would be nice to cut the episodes short!
Re: Interesting episode conversion experience April 21, 2018 06:16PM |
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Keeping in mind that it's virtually impossible to positively identify flutter without a V1 lead, here's my take on it:
1-AF
2-Mixed AF/AFL
3-AF
4-Probable AFL
5-Probable AFL
6-Probable AFL
7-NSR
8-NSR
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Carey, my understanding was that flutter tended to stay at whatever rate it is at until it converted, not slide down in rate as what happened over time in 4-7. I could be wrong about this.
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