What is the longest you've been afib-free after an ablation? April 23, 2023 02:57PM |
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Hello to everyone. I'm considering getting an ablation due to my worsening afib. But after reading this forum, it seems there are so many failed ablations or cases of afib getting worse after an ablation.
Has anyone here had a successful ablation that lasted more than 5 years?
Thank you
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Hello to everyone. I'm considering getting an ablation due to my worsening afib. But after reading this forum, it seems there are so many failed ablations or cases of afib getting worse after an ablation.
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When you say "about 70-75% of all ablations are successful on the first try", what is the definition of success? 1 year afib free? 5 years afib free?
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What does an ablation run, about $15K a pop?
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Hello to everyone. I'm considering getting an ablation due to my worsening afib. But after reading this forum, it seems there are so many failed ablations or cases of afib getting worse after an ablation.
The statistics on failed and successful ablations vary enormously according to who does the ablation. A few of the ‘top tier” EPs who perform ablations have success rates over 90%, .
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It will be six years for me this coming August. We have others here who've gone much longer than that.
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But you had over 5-6? It wasn’t a one and done success story. How many patients would consider an ablation knowing it’s possible they may need 6?
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Carey
The definition is one year free of atrial arrhythmias without the use of antiarrhythmic drugs.
Carey, some websites list oral diltiazem as an antiarrhythmic drug and others do not. If someone is one year free of arrhythmias, but still on diltiazem, would you consider that a successful ablation?
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websites list oral diltiazem as an antiarrhythmic drug and others do not. If someone is one year free of arrhythmias, but still on diltiazem, would you consider that a successful ablation?
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Maria23
May I ask who performed your ablations?
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Best yet, I have never regretted my decision and I've always thought of
Dr. Natale as my hero. So kind, compassionate and so highly skilled.
I am truly blessed.
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Thank you, AB Page. Happy for your 6 years.
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Best of luck to you, Daisy! I’ll be going there in a few weeks also, and will keep Jackie’s words in mind. Keep us posted.
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According to the data that you shared, a qualified 80% of CAs are successful with 20% not succeeding at all, 53% successful after one ablation, and 27% successful after having an average of 2.5 CA.
It's important that people realise that there is a 47% chance that your CA will not succeed or will be successful only after 2.5 ablations on average.
Very different !
You are welcome to share your thoughts. We are a discussion forum after all.
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Hi Daisy. Can you share a paper for any EP that confirms 90% long-term success rate after a single ablation?
I would love to see it.
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Hi Daisy. Can you share a paper for any EP that confirms 90% long-term success rate after a single ablation?
I would love to see it.
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Carey messaged me that he will forward a report that shows 90% success, including persistent AFib patients.
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At 1 year, 90% were arrhythmia free off-AAD in non-PV ablation group, and 72% who did not receive non-PV triggers ablation at the index procedure (P = 0.035). The success rate of empirical LAA and CS isolation was 78.5% and 82% after the index and repeat procedure, respectively.
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I will read your reference and will also search for the exact numbers, but one year monitoring is not long-term.
The drop-off (recurrence of AFib post CA) after five years is something like 30%.
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