Hi all, Here are a few articles of interest if you lot havent already come across them in your WWW rummaging! The first one is particularly interesting. J Cardiovasc Electrophysiol. 2003 Jun;14(6):559-64. Role of autonomic tone in the initiation and termination of paroxysmal atrial fibrillation in patients without structural heart disease. (Distinction between vagally and adrenergically mby Mike F. V42 - AFIBBERS FORUM
Hi Joe You must live near me because of the elknet.net. There are EP's on staff at Lakeland Memorial Medical Center. They do their procedures in Milwaukee at St Lukes. I had a Pulmonary Vein Ablation in Dec. at Loyola University Medical Center in Maywood, Ill. by Dr. David Wilber. He's been doing them for more than 5 yrs. He has the same success rate as CC. My EP in Elkhorn madeby Gwen - AFIBBERS FORUM
Steve, I would really like to know more about your diet on a daily basis, before I assist with my opinion. I would also like to know which one of your doctors told you to stop drinking. Was it your cardiologist? I'm thinking it must have been a previous doctor. How long has it been since you quit drinking and how much did you drink per day? Anything else you could share about yourselfby Richard - AFIBBERS FORUM
I am a 55 year old male 5'9" 170 lbs. About a year ago I felt my pulse was irregular my family doctor did an EKG and told me he found I was in atrial fibrillation( I had never heard of it). He sent me to the cardiologist who explained what was going on and put me on coumadin, amiodarone 200mg 1 am 1 pm, digoxin, and Coreg 6.25 mg 1/2 am 1/2 pm. I was already taking provachol 40 mg aby Steve - AFIBBERS FORUM
Todd You have researched well and Dr Morady is your man .Three weeks ago I was fortunate to sit in on an hour lecture given by Dr Morady here in the Tampa Area .I came away saying how lucky the Michigan people are to have such a Doctor . He was introduced as someone that has written over 500 papers on this subject and was involved with the development of the Swan Ganz catheter . His brief lecturby HenryT - AFIBBERS FORUM
Thanks to everyone for their great posts and information! I am 37 years old, fit, othewise healthy with permanent LAF. Started out with occasional episodes, goofball cardiologist told me at 29 I was just a Type A personality, stressed out a bit and I drank too much coffee and wine. Well, low and behold, with no treatment, I went permanent. Tried all the drugs -- only thing that worked a bitby Todd - AFIBBERS FORUM