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Difficult choices: another ablation or stay on drug March 13, 2024 02:13PM |
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Re: Difficult choices: another ablation or stay on drug March 13, 2024 04:52PM |
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My EP is highly skilled in a major hospital in San Francisco and has suggested either lowering the dose or try for another ablation. He had said a few weeks ago that there wasn't any other places left to ablate but seems to have changed his mind. He has left it entirely up to me to decide. He is also very fond of the AV node/pacemaker option as well - ugh!
Would appreciate some thoughts about my conundrum.
Mary
Re: Difficult choices: another ablation or stay on drug March 13, 2024 05:22PM |
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He is also very fond of the AV node/pacemaker option as well - ugh!
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Re: Difficult choices: another ablation or stay on drug March 13, 2024 07:20PM |
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My EP is highly skilled in a major hospital in San Francisco and has suggested either lowering the dose or try for another ablation. He had said a few weeks ago that there wasn't any other places left to ablate but seems to have changed his mind. He has left it entirely up to me to decide. He is also very fond of the AV node/pacemaker option as well - ugh!
Re: Difficult choices: another ablation or stay on drug March 13, 2024 07:37PM |
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Re: Difficult choices: another ablation or stay on drug March 13, 2024 08:05PM |
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Thanks Jim - I did have both procedures done when I had open heart valve surgery to fix/replace multiple valves 7 years ago. The maze didnt help and of course I have to be on blood thinners due to the mechanical valves.
Re: Difficult choices: another ablation or stay on drug March 13, 2024 08:35PM |
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He had said a few weeks ago that there wasn't any other places left to ablate but seems to have changed his mind.
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Re: Difficult choices: another ablation or stay on drug March 15, 2024 04:19PM |
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Daisy - my LAA was taken care of during the open heart surgery. Less tricky then I would imagine. I am getting a better understanding of my situation and why my EP, skilled as he is, was somewhat reluctant to do another ablation. Since I have had 3 (not counting the Maze) they know exactly what is going on. Unfortunately, each time they induce flutter, it jumps around and doesnt stay long enough to map and ablate. My cardiologist described it as "whack-a-mole"
He did say it was worth a try but the only way to know if there is anything to burn is to go in. For now though I seem to be having an easier time with the side effects and am also reducing the dose to make it even more tolerable. As with anything else, there are no guarantees, even with the famed Dr Natale....Hopefully I can hold off for 6 more years on a low dose and reassess at that point.
Thanks Susan for sharing your experience with the pacemaker. I do agree that I don't need to go there yet. Even with the flutter happening often my heart rate was quite manageable. Propafenone is working great and once I adjust I hope things will calm down.
Thank you all for weighing in.
Mary
Re: Difficult choices: another ablation or stay on drug March 17, 2024 02:32PM |
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