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Re: Inappropriate Sinus Tachycardia - Yesterday

I don't know if Milton can help but Multaq might.

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Just checking - 5 days ago

Two days without a single post. That may be a record. Just checking to make sure the forum is working.

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Re: First cardioversion - 10 days ago

It's a very easy, very quick procedure. They'll start an IV, put ECG electrodes on your chest and also two large pads. When everything is ready, they'll administer an anesthetic through the IV (likely propofol). Once you're out, they'll hit the button and shock you. You'll be completely unaware of this happening. With luck, that one shock will return you to normal rh

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Re: It's been a while - 10 days ago

Yeah, sounds like there's a Watchman in your (near) future, but the monitor results are great!

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Re: Atrial Flutter Ablation - 12 days ago

Awesome news, Steve! Really glad to hear it.

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Re: Watchman schedule - 12 days ago

Quotecaliforniagal I meant to PM you, Carey, but wasn't sure how to do so w/ the new format. Look at the top of this message. See the "" next to my name? Just click that to send me (or anyone) a PM. Good luck on Monday! I'm sure it will be a total breeze for you.

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Re: Potassium deficiency - 12 days ago

QuoteGeorgeN Some of the links on the saliva testing are broken. Here is a conversion chart for saliva to serum potassium, courtesy of archive.org: I can testify that measuring K via saliva and using that chart works. The formula used to compute it is available in the original paper describing the saliva/serum correspondence. After reading all the papers in the library here on the subjec

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Re: What is this beat? - 15 days ago

Yep, PVCs. Anything new in your life the last few days?

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Re: Premature Ventricular Contractions Could Lead to a More Serious Heart Condition - 15 days ago

Phlegm is definitely not a reason to decrease humidity. Quite the opposite. It's thick and sticky and needs humidity to thin out so your lungs can expel it. Green and orange phlegm is not normal. Both suggest a respiratory infection.

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Re: Are these tests necessary? - 15 days ago

QuoteMikeNAlso, I am pretty good at feeling my pulse and detecting AFIB as well. Good for you! I've been preaching for years that afib is trivially easy to diagnose from nothing more than palpating your pulse, but everyone prefers to buy expensive devices to do it for them. A Kardia is nice to get a recording you can show your doc, but it's not necessary to answer the question: Am I i

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Re: Premature Ventricular Contractions Could Lead to a More Serious Heart Condition - 16 days ago

There are two reasons they want you to use distilled water. The first is obviously because it's clean water, nearly sterile. The bigger reason is because using tap water will leave deposits in the CPAP machine that will build up and plug it up. Boiling would solve the first problem but not the second unless you made yourself a small still. Not hard to make using common materials. Find a che

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Re: Are these tests necessary? - 16 days ago

Whether you should be on an anticoagulant depends on your CHADS-Vasc score. As for that bill, I'm not surprised at the amount but I am surprised at the amount your insurance paid. Does your deductible explain why they only paid $200? If not, are you sure he's in-network with your insurance?

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Re: Are EP’s routinely offering Watchman as an alternative to thinners? - 18 days ago

Yeah, that was pretty disappointing because the ED doctor was flat wrong and speaking from a position of ignorance. He should have just told the guy he needed to find an EP and ask them.

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Re: Are We Inflating the Success Rate of AF Ablation? - 21 days ago

QuoteNBeener So ... maybe fine-tuning the blanking period, rather than simply jettisoning it (?). Yes, exactly.

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Re: Are We Inflating the Success Rate of AF Ablation? - 23 days ago

I didn't criticize his writing skills. I just dislike the fact that everything he publishes is critical and negative, sometimes alarming, and he publishes on a patient-oriented site like medscape instead of journals where actual EPs will see it. But publishing in journals means being peer reviewed, of course, and most of his articles would never survive peer review. And if they did, I would

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Re: Are We Inflating the Success Rate of AF Ablation? - 23 days ago

When Mandrola writes stuff like this I always wonder what he does with his own patients and what he tells them. I can't imagine being scheduled for an ablation with him and coming across his writings.

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Re: Flutter? - 24 days ago

Could be flutter, and could also be atrial tachycardia. No way to be sure without a 12-lead.

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Re: Ablation For Inappropriate sinus tachycardia - 27 days ago

You'd have to show me the data because I've never seen anything showing higher excess deaths attributable to the MRNA vaccines, nor have I seen any indication of doubts about MRNA vaccines within the scientific community. The reality is the numbers overwhelmingly show them to be an astonishing success. So post the UK data if you want but I don't want to go down an anti-vax rabb

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Re: Ablation For Inappropriate sinus tachycardia - 27 days ago

QuoteAL1983 In 2013.. after 4 years of flu shots.. hmm? Millions of people receive the flu shot annually without complications and have for decades. The only thing flu shots do is prevent the flu.

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Re: Heart Monitor - 28 days ago

I've never dropped mine on tile floors but I've put two of them through the wash in my pocket. (No, they don't survive a washing machine.)

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Re: Watchman schedule - 28 days ago

It's possibly the world's easiest invasive procedure. It typically takes no more than 20-30 minutes (mine took 20) and I was up walking around and eating dinner 2 hours afterwards. If it weren't for the single puncture wound in my groin, I would have been completely unaware that anything had been done. It's nothing at all like an ablation, and it's pretty unlikely a touch

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Re: Heart Monitor - 28 days ago

The single lead is adequate and significantly cheaper. The 6L is a step up with extra features the average user may not benefit from, but if you want the deluxe model and don't mind parting with the cash, go right ahead. Both are equally accurate. What you don't need is the subscription service. You're getting that from Natale's staff for free.

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Re: Kardia Mobile and Low Heart Rate - 4 weeks ago

You don't need to feel your pulse longer than 15 seconds. Afib isn't subtle and it's never just a single odd beat here and there. If you're in afib, your pulse will be obviously irregular and it will be like that continuously. If KM isn't even trying to detect afib with a pulse below 50, I don't think you can interpret "afib not detected" as proof.

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Re: Kardia Mobile and Low Heart Rate - 4 weeks ago

It's unlikely you're in afib with a rate under 50, but if you want to make sure, just measure the distance between the R wave peaks (R waves are the tallest peaks). There will be some variation, but not much. Or simpler still, just feel your pulse and see if you can tap your foot in time with it. If you can, it's not afib.

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Re: Electrolytes - Dizziness - 4 weeks ago

QuoteQwackertoo My water intake hasn’t been excessive just more than I’m used to or normally drink. We’re talking 4-5 16 oz bottles of water, 2 12 oz cups of coffee, maybe 10-12 oz of low-sodium V8 (new intake) and perhaps 10 or so ounces of liquids with my smoothie being 1/2 & 1/2 of kefir and almond milk or some days cereal with almond milk. Nothing crazy. I count 124 oz or 3.6 liters

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Re: Electrolytes - Dizziness - 4 weeks ago

QuoteThe Anti-Fib I question this, from what I see, fluid restriction is just a common front-line treatment for mild low NA+ (hyponatremia). They do give IV NA+ solution in the hospital for bad cases. Also according to Google AI and other sources, dietary NA+ supplementation is still being recommended. I wasn't going to delve into what a hospital might do for severe cases. That's en

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Re: Electrolytes - Dizziness - 4 weeks ago

You can't increase sodium levels by increasing salt intake. The only way to do that is to decrease water intake, so you might want to back off the water a bit. Low sodium levels can be dangerous, so I would recommend doing that.

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Re: Is it possible to be in afib and NSR at the same time? - 4 weeks ago

I agree with Hugging but in the meantime, I assume that when you say you check your pulse and it's NSR you mean that it's a regular rhythm. That alone isn't really proof of NSR. What you're feeling could be flutter, which is a regular rhythm. How high is your heart rate when you're feeling this sensation? (Feel pulse for 15 seconds, count beats, multiply by 4.)

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Re: Inappropriate Sinus Tachycardia - 4 weeks ago

QuoteMarg The reason he wanted to try amiodarone and Multaq was because they are both able to prevent both afib and aflutter. Does flec also prevent aflutter? Yes. And people take Multaq with metoprolol all the time. It's really quite safe.

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Re: Anyone Taking Diltiazem? - 4 weeks ago

I take it for hypertension. No issues whatsoever. It's also commonly used for afib, especially in ERs. IV diltiazem is what most ERs will do first if you come in with afib. As for an irregular heart rhythm, I've never heard of that actually happening. The reason the doc wants you on that is it provides protection against a rare but serious side effect of flecainide known as 1:1 condu

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