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Re: taking K2 safe when on Eliquis? - 2 months ago

Quotegloaming This should only be done when your consulting cardiologist or electrophysiologist agrees with your aims and risk assessment. The article suggests that each thrombolitic added also adds risk of uncontrolled bleeds. I don't get your point, since K2 and Eliquis have not been shown to interact and K2 does not have thrombolytic activity. My point is it would be a different an

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Re: taking K2 safe when on Eliquis? - 2 months ago

"Mechanism of Action Apixaban is an oral, reversible, and selective active site inhibitor of FXa. It does not require antithrombin III for antithrombotic activity. Apixaban inhibits free and clot-bound FXa, and prothrombinase activity. Apixaban has no direct effect on platelet aggregation, but indirectly inhibits platelet aggregation induced by thrombin. By inhibiting FXa, apixaban decre

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Re: Enhanced detection of atrial fibrillation in single-lead electrocardiograms using a cloud-based artificial intelligence platform - 2 months ago

Reviewing their website, looks like they are looking solely at the medical market, not for lay people. Some Wellue ECG devices use AI & these are available for lay people. The AI may not be as good as Idoven's, but a number of members here have used their ECG products and seem pretty happy with them (I don't have experience). Here is the Wellue link and here is a search on posts

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Re: AFIB??? - 2 months ago

My guess, from your description, is a fair quantity of premature beats. Reading the paper susan linked here, I'm guessing the greatest cause of false positives are high levels of premature beats. I can usually differentiate these when I look at a beat to beat heart rate vs. time graph ("tachogram") as you can see an NSR baseline between the premature beats that doesn't

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Re: excersise - 2 months ago

Initially, I could actually convert episodes using exercise. That lasted about two months and stopped when I got an episode that would not convert and ended up lasting 2.5 months (and ultimately converted with a loading dose of flec). During that 2.5 months, I did everything in afib: hiking, rock climbing & etc. After that, I'd use flec PIP. As I did not take a med with flec for rate

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Re: A trigger for AF episodes? - 2 months ago

My experience goes two ways. When I consume excess calcium (for me), it "lowers the bar" for triggers and things that are not normally triggers for me can be. Additionally, I get afib with no identifiable trigger. When calcium intake is in my range, then excessive endurance exercise is a trigger. If I moderate that and exercise and consume sufficient magnesium and potassium (for me)

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Re: sleep apnea + Buteyko - 2 months ago

Here is the post I wrote on how mouth tape during sleep eliminated apnea heart rate patterns in me, as Tom mentions. {Please comment here, not on any of the old posts I link to as they won't be seen} Quite a few with mild to moderate sleep apnea can improve with sleep tape and or learning to breathe slower with a lower volume of air. Buteyko breathing is focussed on CO2 tolerance. Suff

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Re: PIP - 2 months ago

Quotealfrae13 Flec 100mg takes me to NSR within a few hours but afib comes back sometimes the next day. Hope that propofenone would have a more lasting effect If you read through Liz's posts, something similar happened to her with propafenone. Her episode frequency increased to several a week and the doc switched her to a relatively low dose of propafenone daily (likely in multiple doses

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Re: Do not play doctor - 2 months ago

Quotesusan.d I see the chief cardiomyopathy cardiologist in two days. I plan on asking him questions but his English is not fluent. Thanks for your list of questions. If you think of anymore, please let me know. . Don't know if you already do this, but suggest you have a grandkid translate your questions for you and either print it out or have the questions on your phone to show him. The

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Re: PIP - 2 months ago

Member Liz took propafenone for many years. She's in her 90's now and has been in permanent afib for a number of years. However she did use PIP propafenone successfully for a long time. Here is a search on her posts.

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Re: PIP - 2 months ago

I've personally used flec for 20 years, but I have a friend who successfully used propafenone for many years & then switched to flec (don't recall why he was switched - may have been the doc's reasoning). Both Propafenone and flec were used (on different patients) in the original PIP paper in 2004:

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Re: Periodic Arrhythmias - 2 months ago

QuoteRussellG Thank you for the response. I feel it's odd that I've experienced the same pattern of arrhythmias since the beginning of my post-ablation period, with the 8-second episodes occurring 6 to 8 times a year, and episodes of less duration occurring more frequently. I also feel it's odd that I am able to restore with Valsalva. My electrophysiologist's assistant told me

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Re: Supporting Afibbers.org in 2024 - 2 months ago

QuoteTomR FYI - yesterday, the contribution link for credit/debit card did not allow me to use a US credit card for payment in USD. Paypal also did not accept my US Visa card with a Canadian address. But just now I got it the credit/debit option to work using a Canadian card. Thanks. A quick search find others appearing to have similar issues with Paypal generally, not just with donations. Wha

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Re: Association between NT-proBNP levels and risk of atrial fibrillation: a systematic review and meta-analysis of cohort studies - 2 months ago

Having had paroxysmal afib for 20+ years, I've always tested in the optimal range for NT-proBNP. Last test value was 52 (pg/mL) and anything under 125 is considered optimal for my lab. 125-449 is mildly elevated and >450 is high.

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Re: Nattokinase - 2 months ago

Just a note about Dr. Gupta saying 50 g of natto food has around 1500 FU. This seems to vary quite a bit with various versions of natto - I've seen a number of ranges quoted. So if getting a certain number of FU is important to you and you are eating natto (not nattokinase) to get it, be aware of this.

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Re: Exercise guidelines after ablation - 2 months ago

Glen, As a non-ablatee, but someone who has been on this board for 20+ years, I'd say it is very individual. Pay attention to your body. Some have to take it pretty easy, others, like Carey, do pretty vigorous exercise quickly. You do need to pay attention to the plugs they put in your thighs where the catheters are fed. Generally it is prescribed not to lift more than 10#'s for

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Re: Does stent change the nature of afib expisodes - 2 months ago

I asked Chat GPT 4o the question about flec, afib & Mi. As well I asked to provide references with links. Flecainide, a Class IC antiarrhythmic drug, is used primarily to treat **atrial fibrillation (AF)** and other supraventricular arrhythmias. However, its use in patients with a history of **myocardial infarction (MI)** requires careful consideration due to potential risks. Here’s a

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Re: Completed study -Nattokinase atherothrombotic prevention study: A randomized controlled trial - 3 months ago

I was consuming natto food (not nattokinase, though nattokinase is derived from natto food which are fermented soybeans) along with Eliquis. I had to stop the natto food as I got even more bruises than normal or after I stopped consuming the natto (I beat up my arms with rock climbing a lot). Not that I would just consume natto if I had a high CHA₂DS₂-VASc score (mine is 1 and the 1 is for my a

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Re: Rinse, repeat... - 3 months ago

Quoteshca67 I had honestly forgotten about it and had come off of my diet, exercise, sleep commitment completely. Couple nights of client dinners, company christmas party, big game on Saturday...all included cocktails of various types and quantities. In addition my commitment to sleep has disappeared. Not really in the market for ablation at this point. Sounds like the first intervention is

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Re: Long-Term Safety and Effectiveness of the Amulet Occluder vs the Watchman 2.5 Device in Nonvalvular Atrial Fibrillation - 3 months ago

Moderator Shannon, who has an early version of the Amplatzer Amulet wrote this about the situation around 3 years ago: This is a search of all of Shannon's posts about the Amplatzer: {Please post comments here, not in the 3 year old thread}

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Re: Stopping Eliquis - cold turkey ok? - 3 months ago

QuoteCarey Metoprolol does not stop or prevent afib as many people are led to believe. Interestingly, a family member has had afib for around 8 years and is in their 30's. They told me their AF frequency had increased to 1x/week, using flec PIP to convert. A few months ago they were prescribed metoprolol by a new doc and their frequency has dropped to 1x/month. They think stress & a

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Re: Newbie sharing his story and probably some questions - 3 months ago

QuoteTomR That is an interesting perspective. I think your view is to delay RF or pulse field ablation --all ablation perhaps -- as long as reasonably possible, if I understood correctly. Did i understand correctly? My opinion is it depends. Are you persistent? If not, what is your AF burden? How symptomatic are you? Are meds effective at converting you and/or keeping you in rhythm and

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Re: Amino acids lessen AFib frequency - 3 months ago

QuoteAFibulous but have since migrated over to the MAP amino acid formula per advice from someone in a FB group Interesting observation! I also use a MAP essential amino acid (EAA) formula as well. My control is generally good and I just don't "cheat" on my plan as there is much more than afib a stake. However, at 69, I use 10 grams of the EAA (which is 98% utilized) as a

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Re: Supporting Afibbers.org in 2024 - 3 months ago

I've just donated to Afibbers.org. I greatly appreciate what Carey and Shannon do to support our community. I also wanted to let people know (or remind veterans) that Afibbers.org is a US 501(c)(3) non-profit charity. It is wholly supported through donations. This is a direct link that Carey has shared previously. This is through PayPal, so even people not in the US can contribute.

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Re: Stopping Eliquis - cold turkey ok? - 3 months ago

QuoteMikeN Why does the ad on TV say: “Don't stop taking Eliquis without talking to your doctor, as this may increase your risk of stroke. Eliquis can cause serious and, in rare cases, fatal bleeding.” You have usually been prescribed Eliquis because you have a higher stroke risk. Hence if you quit taking it, you are no longer mitigating that increased risk.

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Re: Replying to OLD threads - 3 months ago

Quotelisa s I have said this since before anybody could "register" here, And I registered on day one (literally). All new activity should be at the top of the forum. EVERY other forum does this. I'm actually surprised to see this forum alive at this point. Not having the most recent activity at the top makes people look elsewhere for answers. I'm a volunteer mod o

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Re: What to do with my PVCs? - 3 months ago

Hopefully the contrast is not gadolinium, a rare earth metal. Not a lot of published studies, but I have a family member who has had a number of MRIs with this agent. I can't be sure, but I attribute some of his symptoms to the gad. Since I've have medical POA, I've investigated a lot. This doesn't affect all who get it. However I've read many case reports of bad sym

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Re: Replying to OLD threads - 3 months ago

I'm guilty of sending people to look at old posts. I'll put a note in for them not to add to the old thread from now on.

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Re: afib progression - 3 months ago

QuoteMark How is atrial fibrosis clinically diagnosed and clinically staged. Can this be asked for as part of regular.cardiac evaluations?. Here is another Chat GPT 4 answer below. I'll have to say, unless it was extremely necessary, I would not let anybody use gadolinium as an MRI contrast agent. I'm the healthcare power of attorney for a family member who has had many MRI's w

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Re: Newbie sharing his story and probably some questions - 3 months ago

QuoteTHEVGE @Susan: I do not think flecainide will be "granted" anyway in The Netherlands. . Here is a flecainide study that was published about a year ago. It was a multi-center study and many of the investigators & facilities are in the Netherlands: Onze Lieve Vrouwe Gasthuis (OLVG), Amsterdam, the Netherlands Ziekenhuis Gelderse Vallei, Ede, the Netherlands Admiraal de R

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