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Wow.
What a scary time. I admire your calmness.
Did the ablation itself cause this?
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Lorraine
Wow.
What a scary time. I admire your calmness.
Did the ablation itself cause this?
I may sound calm now, but believe me I was quite anxious and stressed out during the worst of it. Thank goodness I had Shannon for support.
No idea if the ablation caused this, but I suspect so. Dr Verma said it can happen sometimes.
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Did they put the Paddles right over the Sternum in the middle of your chest? I have noticed more pain when done this way, although putting the Paddle there, is probably the best placement configuration. I have also had a broken Sternum, they did nothing for it.
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Did they put the Paddles right over the Sternum in the middle of your chest? I have noticed more pain when done this way, although putting the Paddle there, is probably the best placement configuration. I have also had a broken Sternum, they did nothing for it.
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Did they put the Paddles right over the Sternum in the middle of your chest? I have noticed more pain when done this way, although putting the Paddle there, is probably the best placement configuration. I have also had a broken Sternum, they did nothing for it.
Somebody placed a pad on your sternum? That's not only not the best placement; it's downright wrong. There are two ways to position pads: the anterior-posterior placement (AP) or anterior-anterior placement (AA).
AP placement has one pad on the upper-right chest and the other on the left side of the back under the scapula. The AA placement has one pad on the upper-right chest as with the AP placement, and the other on the ribs of lower-left side. There are some diagrams here.
I assume the broken sternum was unrelated to the cardioversion, but still, that's just all the more reason not to put a pad there. No wonder your chest hurt. The muscle contractions caused by a cardioversion are very powerful and would probably make a broken sternum hurt like hell.
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Yes you correct about the 2 main placement configurations. There are other variations though, and my last ECV had a Pad placed directly over the Sternum.
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After 2 days of heavenly NSR, I went back into Afib a few hours ago and my HR has shot back up fluctuating between 109-136 on last 3 readings. Systolic BP is high too at 150. Damn! The only good news today is that the chest soreness has subsided a bit. I've talked to someone on Verma's team in Newmarket. Instructions are to increase the amiordarone from 100 mg BID to 200 mg BID for 2 weeks. And if I haven't self-converted by Thursday morning, I'm to go and get a CVN here in Ottawa which will be facilitated by Newmarket.
This is a disappointing turn of events, my spirits are low, and it's a challenge maintaining a positive outlook. I've been through a lot the last 2 weeks. I want off this roller coaster!
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Carey
Yes you correct about the 2 main placement configurations. There are other variations though, and my last ECV had a Pad placed directly over the Sternum.
Yeah, I've seen several variations, but directly over the sternum is a new one. Was the other pad in the usual AP position on the back or the AA position on your left ribs?
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