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Re: What is this beat? - 1 year ago

Thanks for reply and confirming what I thought. Nothing new. They accompanied gastric symptoms that I often experienced prior to going into afib. The rate was around 100 - 106 initially. I drank a Low Na V8 and took a diltiazem. The rate has come down to 80 and the PVC's as of now have stopped. I am sensitive to irregular beats. I feel all of them, Afib, PAC, PVC which then means hard t

by JakeS - AFIBBERS FORUM

What is this beat? - 1 year ago

Are these PVC's? Just started getting them tonight

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Re: Telehealth - 1 year ago

There is nothing to stop anyone from paying for the visit out of pocket. If you are his patient, realistically in comparison, if you would drive or fly there to be seen or be treated an out of pocket expense for a telehealth visit is cheaper than what you are willing to pay for travel and hotel.

by JakeS - AFIBBERS FORUM

Re: Telehealth - 1 year ago

Just to clarify, I believe the telehealth coverage you are referring to is for Medicare patients. It does not necessarily affect private insurance companies. A Medicare supplemental policy may still allow it. In my state private insurance is required to cover telehealth on any service that an in person visit would cover.

by JakeS - AFIBBERS FORUM

Re: My Sotalol Apprehension - Monitor or Not - 1 year ago

My first episode of Afib I was admitted from the ED to a tele unit. I converted within 24 hours and was discharged on Sotalol. I did not spend 3 days in the hospital. Only side effect noticed was slight fatigue but it was never so bad I could not do things nor did it interfere w every day life.

by JakeS - AFIBBERS FORUM

Re: Stick on snap electrodes for Wellue ekg monitor - 1 year ago

Pulsebit Touch Screen

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Re: Stick on snap electrodes for Wellue ekg monitor - 1 year ago

I purchased a Wellue monitor about a month ago and sent it back within the week. Their technical support can be slow, can take over a day before you hear back from them. Their instruction manual needs work. Found when support did respond they gave better detail replies that should have been in their manual. The phone app was difficult to work with and the monitor would not upload the tracing to t

by JakeS - AFIBBERS FORUM

Re: Sotalol - 1 year ago

I was on Sotalol for a few years. My afib episodes were about one a year but eventually they became more frequent and eventually I needed an ablation. Energy level changed but it did not stop me from doing activities. That was only thing I can say that was different.

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Re: New to forum help - 1 year ago

The RSS will work depending on the device you use to access it. If you use an Apple device it will not load. RSS will work if you use a PC and it does work in Google Chrome. I have no trouble seeing it using Chrome on my PC. Look carefully at what appears. Yes, you see code but if you look closely the message posted is there as well as the title of the thread.

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Re: Newer type of ablation? - 1 year ago

You can phone the local university hospital and ask to speak to someone in the cath lab. Ask them which of the EPs they'd send their husband/wife/son/daughter to if they could. Don't do this. The staff are too busy to take a call like this. Also, they will be very hesitant to answer questions such as this to a complete stranger especially when they are working. To answer a question l

by JakeS - AFIBBERS FORUM

Re: Dilitiazem shortage? - 1 year ago

I am not aware of any shortage. From my experience, my pharmacy sends me a text indicating the filling of the Rx. is in process, the med was ordered, and they will notify me when ready to pickup, which is usually the next day or on a rare occasion the two days after. This almost always the case for a refill and I have always have it w/o running out. In fact recently I needed to fill it early bec

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Re: Tracking afib&heart rate on Apple Series IX watch. - 1 year ago

If you open the heart sensor on the watch it reads the pulse every 5 seconds. If you open the heart sensor and place your finger on the crown it reads it every second. Apple says if you want a faster reading “with fidelity” placing your finger on the crown should be done. I am surprised RN only took pulse for 15 seconds in a patient that is having cardiac issues.

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Re: PFA ablation - 1 year ago

Failure rate of 75%? Don’t you mean success rate?

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Re: Chewing Diltiazem ? - 2 years ago

IV push requires the patient on a monitor. The few times I was bolused the ED doc came in and watched the monitor while RN pushed the med. And yes the IV med is given slowly.

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Re: Blood thinner - 2 years ago

Quotesusan.d Unfortunately Eliquis can’t dissolve or prevent a DVT. Traveling on long flights or being bedridden after an ablation or surgery could potentially cause a Dvt clot plus other factors I speculate as well.. If you read the drug information sheet on Eliquis it discusses the prophylactic administration of Eliquis for orthopedic patients that underwent hip and knee surgery. The results

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Re: Someone made a MYSTERY POST - 2 years ago

RSS feed do not usually work on iPhone or iPad. Not sure if you have an apple product. There are apps you can download.

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Re: Someone made a MYSTERY POST - 2 years ago

I believe the post you are discussing was made by lpoleshuck. The topic title is Triggers: Tyramine and Alcohol. Prior to their post yesterday the last time anyone posted to the topic was June 2017. The first line of their recent post begins with, "It's been more than 6 years since my last post." By the way you can see the order that discussions/responses are made by clickin

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Re: Ablation tomorrow - 2 years ago

I was experiencing afib episodes once a year. That all changed Fall of 2022 when suddenly they were occurring more frequently. If I wasn't in afib there were times when I was experiencing frequent PAC. I feel every irregular beat so if it was afib or PAC I was uncomfortable and stressed. I saw the EP and he spent over an hour with me. He gave me all my options and recommended the ablation ba

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Re: Apple HRV demo of chaotic R-R interval (typical of Afib) - 2 years ago

Incidentally, found that Apple watch also has a utility to "Track one's AFb history and log triggers". Yes. Once the watch "learns" that you have afib it tracks your episodes if you wore the watch. Your IPhone will ping you once a week and tell you the percentage you had afib and provide you w a graph. Mine pings me every Monday morning.

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Re: Apple watch and Hear Rate Variability - 2 years ago

QuoteSearching9 (why the left hand column is not in milliseconds, which is what we want to see, who knows. but it's easy enough to covert BPM (measured beat to beat) to R-R interval in milliseconds). Unless you have a different version HRV in ms. is available. You opened up (your screen shot) only one set of data that is available. A similar table for HRV is also there. To get a sim

by JakeS - AFIBBERS FORUM

Re: Sotolol NEXT - 2 years ago

Same as others posted. I was on Sotalol for 5.5 years. During that time my afib episodes were limited to one per year. One year I had two episodes. After the 5 years I started to have increasing episodes. Once I had the ablation I was taken off. Only side effect I noticed was fatigue. However, the fatigue was not so bad that it kept me from doing things.

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Re: Apple watch and Hear Rate Variability - 2 years ago

The HRV time periods can be found on your iPhone. Open health. Go to summary. Heart rate variability. Scroll down. Open show all data. You will see a daily list and the HRV for the day. Open a date. There will be a list of the time the watch took your HRV, how long it took and the result.

by JakeS - AFIBBERS FORUM

Re: watchman vs ablation - 2 years ago

Watchman and ablation are two different procedures with two different goals.

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Re: angiogram - 2 years ago

CT and MRI have the capabilities of performing angiography using venous access as compared to using a catheter and arterial access. In some exams, such as Aortography, CT has replaced the longtime use of performing access via an artery. The CT scan you had did perform the angiogram. The images acquired by the CT angiogram provide anatomical info on the heart and are then put into a computer sy

by JakeS - AFIBBERS FORUM

Re: steroids, albuterol - 2 years ago

Unless there are other component ingredients in the contrast Yes, there are other ingredients in the contrast. It is not pure iodine and believed the other ingredients trigger the mast cells. Decades ago, the contrast used was called ionic also known high osmolarity. They had significantly higher numbers of reactions than the use of the non-ionic or low osmolarity agents used today. Yet, both

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Re: steroids, albuterol - 2 years ago

I have seen that article before. demonstrates how ophthalmology has been impacted by the x-ray contrast iodine myth. The other issue w contrast is that the reactions patients experience are not true allergic or anaphylactic reactions. Contrast media reactions are one of two types. The first type are called Allergy Like or anaphylactoid (toid = resemble) sometimes also called idiosyncratic. T

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Re: steroids, albuterol - 2 years ago

Quotesusan.d I am allergic to the iodine in the CT contrast. Respectfully an allergy to iodine in x-ray contrast is a misapplied term and is a myth that dates back decades and unfortunately continues to be repeated by medical personnel and the public. The other myth that gets repeated is the correlation that shellfish allergy prevents having the x-ray contrast because that has iodine. It is p

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Re: Is it Safe to get a MRI with a Watchman Implant? - 3 years ago

is it typical to have to wait for a clearance before getting an MRI? Yes For MRI safety the Watchman is classified as conditional. I believe watchman can be scanned in a magnet up to 1.5T. Many magnets today are 3T. need a few days to check out the info Correct in many facilities the MR safety coordinator becomes involved w reviewing the scan ordered and the manufacturers guidelines

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Re: PEMF Risks? - 3 years ago

Agree w Carey. The treatment for lead toxicity is chelation. Also you mentioned "some lead." Have you had a BLL (blood lead level) test done? There are guidelines for even having chelation done. It requires a certain lead level esp in kids and in adults they are looking for associated symptoms. Are you symptomatic? And lead poisoning tx. Step 1 is to find and eliminate the source.

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Re: Stairs after Ablation - 3 years ago

I was instructed by the EP's PA on pre op visit that stairs were to be a one time event per day. for the first 3 days.

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