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Betty Lou,
See Shannon’s posts on the topic of long duration afib and the association with ischemia and dementia: [www.afibbers.org]
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Also these issues of the afib report
Silent Cerebral Lesions: Association with both AFIB and Ablations [afibbers.org]
Association between AFIB and Silent Cerebral Infarctions [afibbers.org]
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I have silent, persistent Afib, which I stumbled across when taking my BP at home 5 months ago. I immediately saw an experienced cardiologist, who put me on Eliquis and metoprolol (150 mg.). The metoprolol kept my heart rate in the 110-129 range. I had a successful cardioversion 4 months ago and now am off the metoprolol, but remain on the Eliquis. When I hear about people with persistent Afib just living with it, taking an anticoagulant and a rate-control drug, I wonder how it works for them. I found metoprolol, even in lower does, to have serious side effects that I hated. Having persistent Afib, even with a heart rate lower than 110-129, would seem to risk congestive heart failure and serious consequences of lowered blood output (e.g., dementia).
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We have a friend here in NC she s 75 ish and lives in slow rate afib and has for years. I think she qualified for the 5 mg of eliquis. Based on age. Idk maybe its 10
But she does fine. Not very physically active so it doesnt bother her.
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