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What I was trying to say, and did it poorly, is if my LAA was a source of afib or flutter and was also electrically isolated, does the article say that with the flow numbers I have it is assumed to be reconnected?
Re: LAAEI November 07, 2018 01:32PM |
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Carey
What I was trying to say, and did it poorly, is if my LAA was a source of afib or flutter and was also electrically isolated, does the article say that with the flow numbers I have it is assumed to be reconnected?
No, it's not safe to say that. Natale isolates the LAA only to the degree necessary to stop the arrhythmia. So one patient might have more LAA pumping ability after the procedure than another. You had a better flow velocity than I did, so that most likely means Natale had to isolate my LAA more completely than yours in order to stop the arrhythmia. Some of it could also just be simple individual differences. I don't think you're in any danger of your LAA reconnecting and afib returning because of that.
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Carey
No, it's not safe to say that. Natale isolates the LAA only to the degree necessary to stop the arrhythmia. So one patient might have more LAA pumping ability after the procedure than another. You had a better flow velocity than I did, so that most likely means Natale had to isolate my LAA more completely than yours in order to stop the arrhythmia. Some of it could also just be simple individual differences. I don't think you're in any danger of your LAA reconnecting and afib returning because of that.
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ln108
Could I piggy-back here with a related question? Would having a Watchman (FLX) in place complicate matters if one subsequently became in need of an additional ablation procedure? Or would it make not much difference?