I believe if his schedule has not changed, he performs ablations Monday and Tuesdays once a month at Scripps, and Wednesday he practices at Los Robles.by susan.d - AFIBBERS FORUM
I don’t think any patient should be allowed to tweak their pacemaker settings.by susan.d - AFIBBERS FORUM
Dr Natale performs ablations at Los Robles Wednesday afternoon to Friday. Once a month he is there. Saturday he takes a flight back. I had four ablations at Los Robles (3 with Natale ) but I was told his equipment is superior at his Texas facility with more NPs rotating to cover on call. If you decide on Los Robles, I can recommend an excellent close hotel and the best super best car service toby susan.d - AFIBBERS FORUM
Quotetvanslooten Dr. Natale put my Watchman in back in April 2023. Unfortunately, at the 6-month check up they detected a "tiny leak" so for now, I've been given two choices: stay on 2.5 mg of Eliquis twice daily, or take a baby aspirin every other day and one 2.5 mg Eliquis every day. Of the two options, which one do you believe poses the least overall short-term and long-terby susan.d - AFIBBERS FORUM
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I moved overseas and picked up six Conan bandages while in the states. I took it to the ER before. Nobody knew it existed.,I was told Conan was originally used for horses legs. Makes sense, one can’t use adhesive. I always carry a roll of Conan in my purse. Put it in a ziplock bag otherwise it will really pick up dirt.by susan.d - AFIBBERS FORUM
I speculate ChefSue meant they may interact.by susan.d - AFIBBERS FORUM
QuoteDaisy If you can be the first procedure of the day that is usually a good thing—everyone will be fresh. You run the possibility that he isn’t fully awake because he has to arrive quite early. I prefer the second of the day.by susan.d - AFIBBERS FORUM
Thanks for your two kind replies. Perhaps I shouldn’t had vented at 2-3 in the morning but I was understandably upset. Today is another day and I’m in the fighting mood, high spirits to fight this to the end and prove them wrong. Sorry for the long vent.by susan.d - AFIBBERS FORUM
My tachycardia has not been under control this prior month. I had my routine 8 month pacemaker checkup and the act of walking from the lobby to the office brought on very unbearable pain. I saw an EP at the clinic because of the pain who said my pacemaker was ok and he gave me a written referral to go downstairs to the ER because according to him my complaints were not EP issues. No ekg nothing.by susan.d - AFIBBERS FORUM
Quotegloaming In total, I have had four cardioversions. None of them has been sustained for more than a few hours, and the first, in September of 2021, never did work. They zapped me three times, and when I came to, the mood wasn't great. Unfortunately I hold a 54 record. Usually they lasted a week but towards the end 30 minutes. That was after three ablations with the Natale-just to mby susan.d - AFIBBERS FORUM
I ask too for epi “plain” With epi the bottle has some red in the packaging. Epi plain is either green or blue depending on the manufacturer.by susan.d - AFIBBERS FORUM
Currently in and out of tachycardia. No angina so I’m ignoring it. But it wears me out. When in tachycardia (117hr) my ekg doesn’t show a dipped p wave..it looks like sinus tachycardia. Based on this Kardia 6 lead ekg, does it show my av node ablation failed due to conductivity issues?by susan.d - AFIBBERS FORUM
Two cardiologists don’t know. Is it PVCs? Sure looks like it. I either have this rhythm or tachycardia which is a regular fast hr with angina and dizziness and out of breath.by susan.d - AFIBBERS FORUM
The report didn’t say. I doubt it because he would had mentioned if my watchman was sealed. I only had two TEEs, the last that I know of was at my 6 month post watchman.by susan.d - AFIBBERS FORUM
Quotegloaming Was it possibly adenosine and not atropine? Atropine is to counter a nerve gas or an anaphylaxis due to severe allergic response. It's what they jab into your thigh, or even into your heart muscle, to get you out of a quick death spiral. Adenosine is what they use to slow the heart down enough that the EKG shows a lot more discrete information. No it was Atropine accordingby susan.d - AFIBBERS FORUM
Is atropine usually used during an ablation? If so, for what purpose?by susan.d - AFIBBERS FORUM
Yeah sorry about the duplication. I don’t know how that happened. I’m not feel well and apparently am impaired. I am a tough fighter but I feel defeated. First time for that.by susan.d - AFIBBERS FORUM
Obviously environmental stress is a trigger but I’m getting bouts of tachycardia. Longest was in the ER on and off for 24 hours without an EP or any cardiologist attending who was willing to come down for a consultation and then my tachycardia converted after 24 hours and I returned the following day to the clinic for 4 hours. The dr wanted to call an ambulance but my PM suddenly converted me soby susan.d - AFIBBERS FORUM
I thought I was done with ablations. However my EP in the states said an ekg can determine if the av node ablation held. How is that so?by susan.d - AFIBBERS FORUM
Obviously environmental stress is a trigger but I’m getting bouts of tachycardia. Longest was in the ER on and off for 24 hours without an EP or any cardiologist attending or willing to come down for a consultation and then the tachycardia converted and returned the following day for 4 hours. It takes 5 months to see an EP, or 3 months going private..so I have to wait for private. I can’t advby susan.d - AFIBBERS FORUM
Sorry Tom for your lost. Stress must had triggered your episodes. Give Cindy my best wishesby susan.d - AFIBBERS FORUM
Quotemike111 One Joule does not equal 1 volt. 1 Volt = 1Joule/coulomb and a Coulomb is a large charge. I think your intuition is correct that the battery likely doesn't have that amount of energy, so your PM doesn't need that much current (Coulombs/sec). PM energy requirement is ~ 15 microJoules for each pulse, I believe. I used the following site when calculating volts to jouleby susan.d - AFIBBERS FORUM
If my PM is “tickling “ 7 volts each beat plus 30 second burst theory each time it’s parameter settings are met, plus routine downloads, multiple that by its appropriate 12 battery lifespan, how can the battery possibly last so long? Ok one volt equals one joule. If one’s PM is set to 60 beats per minute (not including appropriate 150 burst therapy lasting up to 30 seconds each arrhythmia or tby susan.d - AFIBBERS FORUM
I’m watching an episode of the good doctor and tge patient was Asystole . I am curious about the meaning so I googled it. Asystole is when your heart’s electrical system fails, causing your heart to stop pumping. This is also known as “flat-line” or “flat-lining” because it causes your heart’s electrical activity to look like a flat line on an electrocardiogram. Without immediate CPR or medicaby susan.d - AFIBBERS FORUM
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I was under anesthesia. Every surgeon uses different methods I speculate if you were awake during yours. My pacemaker surgeon was recommended by Dr Natale who sees his patients. My husband’s cousin just had a pacemaker two weeks ago at Kaiser with a different surgeon and was put under as well. I do wish my PM was buried because it was only enclosed by a thin layer of skin possibly because I aby susan.d - AFIBBERS FORUM
I’m sure most of the complications were due to incompetent unskilled operators. You should be OK. You get a 4-6 day setback where you wear a sling so you don’t raise your arm and pull out the leads. It’s not a painful procedure. Depending upon if you stopped your NOAC or not, you may get a swelling hematoma which with a heat pack will deminish In a few weeks. A few months of not lifting over yourby susan.d - AFIBBERS FORUM
2. No. You will still feel PAC’s but with luck your pacemaker can be programmed to terminate some AF and tachycardia episodes. Twice in the ER I requested a Metronics tech to stop by (free) and was converted by getting a boost therapy of zaps. Saved me a ECV or chemical conversion. Pro- a pacemaker download (interrogation) is a 100% accurate full time Holter monitor. If any time you question yby susan.d - AFIBBERS FORUM