Possible aFib April 15, 2023 10:56PM |
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"Possible afib" is the terminology they use if you don't subscribe to their KardiaCare and KardiaCare Plus fee based memberships. If you do, they will report "Kardia Advanced Determination:Atrial Fibrillation." They say they use a different algorithm for Kardia Advanced Determination. SourceQuote
Carey
A Kardia reporting "possible afib" means it's reporting what it has identified as afib. I don't think it ever gets more certain than that. Lawyers made them add the word "possible," not the doctors and engineers who built the product.
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That being said, I don't think it is perfect.
Re: Possible aFib April 16, 2023 02:35PM |
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Getting a steady stream of “unclassified” and “possible aFib” readings today. BPMs up to about 80 from a norm of about 55. Generally feeling pretty normal. When the Kardia gives those descriptors is it more likely than not that it means one thing more than another such a pacs or pvcs? Took an extra Flecainide a few hours ago but still within dosage parameters for my weight. Don’t want to go to ER as I don’t think they would do anything. Thought I would wait it out until Monday and send Kardia strip to my EP. Anyway thats my plan unless things change. Sound OK?? I think there was a link for uploading a Kardia strip to the forum but have t been able to locate it. Not sure I could do it anyway. Am I on the right track or should I be doing more. Thanks.
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Re: Possible aFib April 16, 2023 10:57PM |
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Having taken that extra dose earlier, when it came time for my regular Flecainide dose, I crushed it and took it with a glass of warm water. I think I read on this forum ( don’t know who to give credit to) that by doing that it helps to get the meds into the system faster in a more concentrated form. . I think the OP mentioned that technique was particularly helpful when using it for PIP.
Re: Possible aFib April 17, 2023 08:50AM |
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My first round of afib started in 2001 and went for 11 years before a successful ablation. I documented over 200 episodes and only had one visit to an ER for a cardioversion. I always converted on my own in anywhere between a couple of hrs. to 72 hrs. (the longest). The ER visit was early on, and I learned it was not necessary.
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I’m kinda curious now what would have happened if I had trudged over there.
Six hours of boredom lying in an ED with an IV in your arm.
Re: Possible aFib April 17, 2023 02:28PM |
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My first round of afib started in 2001 and went for 11 years before a successful ablation. I documented over 200 episodes and only had one visit to an ER for a cardioversion. I always converted on my own in anywhere between a couple of hrs. to 72 hrs. (the longest). The ER visit was early on, and I learned it was not necessary.
Ken, when you say you always converted on your own, do you mean you did it without medication?
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