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. How I got screwed under my armpit is a mystery. The newer OAC's, like Eliquis were shown to be "non-inferior" to warfarin in tests. "Warfarin reduced the risby GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
QuoteMeganMN I have read many things about eating/drinking/SVT/Afib. Is that primarily a vagus nerve connection/dysfunction? I've been noticing that my bigeminy/PACs/have been much more disturbing/symptomatic immediately after eating/drinking, even just ice water... My experience is that when I'm over consuming calcium (for me), things that were never a trigger before can become oneby GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
Quotesusan.d Why didn’t 2.5 Eliquis BID dissolve this thrombosis? My understanding is that OAC's don't dissolve a thrombosis, enzymes in the body do. What OAC's (warfarin included) do is they can keep a thrombosis from forming. Thrombolytic meds can dissolve clots. I'm certainly not an expert.by GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
From your link, "Thrombolysis, or thrombolytic therapy, is the main treatment for ASVT. Your healthcare provider delivers a clot-dissolving drug directly to the blocked vein through a catheter (thin, flexible tube)." Does this make sense?by GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
QuoteWhyMe Thanks everyone! I wonder why is Kardia calling them Afib? You would think their algorithm would use the RR plot to distinguish between PACs and Afib. The RR plot for Afib is all over the place and easy to pinpoint, compared the RR plot for PACs. I think it is a pretty simple algorithm, just looking at variability, not the variability of the variability (second derivative). Iby GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
The RR plot certainly does not look like afib. Looks like PAC's to me. Pompon has some posts on ways to hold your Kardia (or other single lead device) to get better traces of p waves. See:by GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
The web address is .com:by GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
QuoteMeganMN Just wondering if there is any solid way to test the nerve? MRI/MRA? Good question. This book, “Accessing the Healing Power of the Vagus Nerve Self-Help Exercises for Anxiety, Depression, Trauma, and Autism" by Stanley Rosenberg is in my Kindle library. It may have some info on the topic. I've yet to explore it fully (I have a very long list of things to explore). I doby GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
QuoteNewMexican 1.2 seconds feels like an awful long time between beats. It's as if my heart is tired and trying to rest but then O2 drops and it has to catch up. Are you well conditioned, from an exercise perspective? Many of us who are well conditioned have low resting heart rates. My overnight average heart rate is commonly in the low 40's with the slowest rate in the 30's,by GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
QuoteFibberMcGee Can you make a one time donation with a Visa card??? I believe so, at this link.by GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
This is from many years ago, a compilation of things people did successfully to reduce their afib. See Fran Ross's story starting on p 4 of the pdf:by GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
You might be interested in this post from a member who materially decreased his PAC's. Also this that I wrote in 2011 about a friend with bigeminal PACs. In both cases, serum glucose control seems to be the ticket. I've talked to my friend in the last few months and she continues controlling her PACs with glucose control plus magnesium.by GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
Great news! Glad Oliver was able to solve the issue!by GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
QuoteCarey 1400mg Potassium In what form? You can't buy OTC potassium supplements in the US that contain more than 99 mg of elemental potassium. I've taken 4 g elemental K/day as 2 tsp food grade potassium citrate powder (readily available OTC) for many years. This is what I put in 1 liter of water and consume over the day as my version of "timed release." Of courby GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
Another thought. Don't know if you have a rate control drug prescribed? That might be useful. Especially to only use when you have an episode, as infrequently as they occur. If the rate is controlled, it might materially help with your anxiety and other symptoms.by GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
Maybe Megan can point out which device she got. Here is a link to Wellue ECG's.by GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
George Eby was a member here in the mid-2000's. Here is a paper he published in 2006 on Taurine and L Arginine for ectopics.by GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
My non-medical interpretation of what you've described is that the SVT or whatever is causing your anxiety, not the reverse. Seems like you are calm and casual, then BAM the SVT happens. In my case, when I've been inadvertently consuming too much calcium, tachy is likely to present with no trigger. This never happens to me otherwise. In my case, the tachy can convert to afib (aby GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
Spectacular!!! Great news! A wonderful EP who will listen & work with you!!!!!by GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
This is a study referenced in the study from the OP. It is based on Framingham data & a) most of the afib folks had significant comorbidities at diagnosis and b) when they excluded the people who died in the first 30 days from diagnosis, the relative risk for men dropped to 1.1. In the study I posted, the people they included at the beginning were "Lone Afibbers," which could simplby GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
QuoteEdda George, how long does it take for the flecainide to convert you? I am wondering whether flecainide doesn't work in some people. Since October last year I have a considerable increase in afib episodes, from once a year to every two weeks now. 100 mg flecainide takes between 5 and 7 hours to get me back into sinus. My EP suggested that would probably have happened without flecainideby GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
I've had afib for 2 months shy of 20 years. During that time, I've known a huge number of people with afib. I can think of very few that I knew of who died from afib (stroke or heart failure). One that I know of is moderator Shannon's father who died of an afib related stroke, and another is his sister who was living in a nursing home for a number of years subsequent to an afibby GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
QuoteMeganMN On a similar note, I have done some reading and discovered that Isoproteronol can severely deplete Arginine and Taurine, which I found super interesting. I will take a look at that book and look into starting a regimine. I have the ginger, and taurine already. What type of potassium/magnesium do you use? My friend who increased his taurine to 4g/day had been taking around 250 mgby GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
QuoteMeganMN George, I would rather not NEED another ablation and would definitely be game for hearing your solutions. I have tried many things, but ultimately, even if I have another ablation, I need to sort out how to keep this from happening in the first place, so I would definitely welcome your experience!! Sorry for a tardy response. I'm traveling at the moment. Here are some thoby GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
Megan, Where my mind goes is to experiment and find a formula that creates your arrhythmia on demand. I realize this would suck, but if you can figure out a formula that works, then you could be confident that you could create the arrhythmia for the time when you schedule your ablation. The second thought I have & this is on the other side -- making the arrhythmia not happen. How mucby GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
QuoteKen At one time, I suggested that all new responses to threads should be at the top of the page rather than the current format of original topics staying in sequential order as originally posted. This way, responses to older topics don't get lost down the list and out of sight. Topics without a current response work their way down the list. This way, the most popular topics (lotsby GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
QuoteLaDonna I am taking Metoprolol 2x a day, but I am having a spell where there is an uptick in episodes recently. With that said, I had a conversation with a person from Dr Woldsons group called "The Natural Heart Doctor". In the conversation she recomended that afib patients follow a more "paleo" way of eating cutting ALL flour, wheat, and grains.. How often are your eby GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
For those interested, here are the poster's (lpoleshuck) other posts. Also, above the post Carey linked is a post by Jackie listing foods high in tyrosine. One thing on that list is MSG. Twenty years ago, we had a poster, Fran Ross, who found that MSG was a big trigger for her. Her story starts on p4 in this PDF from Session 61 of the Conference Room archives on our site.by GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
Here is the actual paper, which does not require a login:by GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM
QuoteMeganMN By by the way, dissolved Bisoprolol tastes disgusting... For nearly the whole time I've used flecainide on demand, I've chewed it to get it into my system faster. It is not exactly a delicacy! I do what I need to do.by GeorgeN - AFIBBERS FORUM