Structural and Functional Benefits of Restoring Sinus Rhythm in Patients With AF

[www.practiceupdate.com]


Brain lesions:
[www.ahajournals.org]

[academic.oup.com]

[mdpi-res.com]

Some positive news:
[www.frontiersin.org]



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 03/21/2022 04:22AM by susan.d.

What does this mean: taken from Susans first site?

A cautionary word is that AF patients may experience symptomatic as well as silent ischemic brain infarcts during AF ablation which may occur spontaneously; events such as these may contribute to cognitive decline.1, 2 Apparently, silent cerebral infarcts in stroke-free AF patients may not be silent after all. Eliminating them must be the next goal.

I made an edit Liz, which adds my name. Where does it say taken from Susan’s first site?

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Elizabeth
What does this mean: taken from Susans first site?

A cautionary word is that AF patients may experience symptomatic as well as silent ischemic brain infarcts during AF ablation which may occur spontaneously; events such as these may contribute to cognitive decline.1, 2 Apparently, silent cerebral infarcts in stroke-free AF patients may not be silent after all. Eliminating them must be the next goal.

My interpretation of "silent ischemic brain infarcts" is that there were no symptoms and these were not discovered until an MRI was performed on the brain. This is a link to reference 2 in your quote: [academic.oup.com]

George:

in the first of the sites that Susan posted the URLs for they are saying that after having an ablation there were symptoms of brain infarcts, did the ablation caused them? In your posting the site is saying that AF causes brain infarcts, so what is right? I know a few people that have had permanent AF for many years and they are normal.

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Elizabeth
George:

in the first of the sites that Susan posted the URLs for they are saying that after having an ablation there were symptoms of brain infarcts, did the ablation caused them? In your posting the site is saying that AF causes brain infarcts, so what is right? I know a few people that have had permanent AF for many years and they are normal.

Liz, I think both are possible. This is a link to the first paper on ablations & anticoagulation during them: [www.jacc.org]

I remember being told these are possible during a bypass operation, though I've not looked at this specifically.

I think afib is a risk for these, not a guarantee, so is an ablation. I'm not the expert, but this is my opinion.