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Re: 7 Day Heart Monitor—Dr. Natale - 7 days ago

Quotesusan.d Day 2. It’s the worst. I’m sorry I recommended it. The sensitivity electrodes pads do not hold enough adhesive to remain on. The nurse told me I can shower with it but the enclosed brochure states the “flex” model is not water resistant, it has exposed copper connections(?) and the connection between the device and the pocket sleeve that has contact with one’s skin cannot get wet or

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Re: 7 Day Heart Monitor—Dr. Natale - 8 days ago

Quotesusan.d Pixie: I returned to my cardiologist in the states today. I was getting the heebie-jeebies from random arrhythmia and want to convince myself that my ablation was successful after 6 months since 3 prior ablations failed. I was given a new manufacturer holter- Philips Extended Holter ePatch. It has two sensors not one. They offer sensitive skin options which I took advantage of.

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Re: 7 Day Heart Monitor—Dr. Natale - 7 weeks ago

Susan, it is so good to hear this news. You deserve it with all you have been through!!

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Re: 7 Day Heart Monitor—Dr. Natale - 7 weeks ago

Quotesusan.d With my pacemaker, ideally I need cellular or wifi 6 hours a day. There was a situation in which I had neither for days. Once I had wifi, my pacemaker was able to transmit the missing data it had stored. On my prior post about the VitalConnect monitor uploading data when I was out of the WiFi range, I should have said when the patch is out of proximity to the phone to be able to do

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Re: 7 Day Heart Monitor—Dr. Natale - 7 weeks ago

QuoteQwackertoo I had a visit with my primary care provide today. I told her I was wearing a 7 day Vital Connect heart monitor. I showed her the phone I had with me that was uploading the information from the monitor. She had never seen that monitor before. She then brought up the website for the hospital the clinic is affiliated with. It is a major research and teaching hospital and my loc

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Re: 7 Day Heart Monitor—Dr. Natale - 7 weeks ago

I had a visit with my primary care provide today. I told her I was wearing a 7 day Vital Connect heart monitor. I showed her the phone I had with me that was uploading the information from the monitor. She had never seen that monitor before. She then brought up the website for the hospital the clinic is affiliated with. It is a major research and teaching hospital and my local cardiologist pr

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Re: 7 Day Heart Monitor—Dr. Natale - 8 weeks ago

QuoteQwackertoo Hi Pixie I hope you get great results when you wear your monitor and get your results. Plus I hope you don't have any rash or irritation from whatever monitor they send. I think the difference for me was only 7 days vs 30 long days of exposure to adhesives. They were starting to pop up but thankfully my 7 days were over. Just finished with my Telemed with TCA and I

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Re: 7 Day Heart Monitor—Dr. Natale - 8 weeks ago

QuoteQwackerto Hello again Pixie I guess the little gap in the monitor on my chest didn't hurt anything. My telemed appointment with the NP is Tuesday afternoon. 0.0% Afib/Flutter 2.2% PAC's (I was really worried that number would be much higher) and 0.4% PVC's and several runs of SVT's with longest being 15 beats @ maximum 158 bpm so less than 6 seconds. All the mont

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Re: 7 Day Heart Monitor—Dr. Natale - 2 months ago

QuoteQwackertoo Thank you for the update. I am glad the Bardy Cam worked for you. I am goung with the VitalConnect in a few months, but might try the Bardy Cam based on your experience. One question for you, though. Based on where the patch was applied, did you feet that it adhered to all of the skin in that area? I, too, am on 88 mcg.Synthroid daily. I have my TSH checked every 3 mont

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Re: 7 Day Heart Monitor—Dr. Natale - 2 months ago

QuoteQwackertoo Thanks for the additional information, Pixie. I have an Echo scheduled soon, by local provider, on orders from Natale after December TEE. Then the 7 day sent/schedule from Austin in March. I hope all goes with your Monitoring~!!! Please let me know what monitor you go with and how it works for you. Hi Pixie Well they finally sent the monitor, it was the

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Re: 7 Day Heart Monitor—Dr. Natale - 3 months ago

QuoteQwackertoo Thanks for the additional information, Pixie. I have an Echo scheduled soon, by local provider, on orders from Natale after December TEE. Then the 7 day sent/schedule from Austin in March. I hope all goes with your Monitoring~!!! Please let me know what monitor you go with and how it works for you.

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Re: 7 Day Heart Monitor—Dr. Natale - 3 months ago

QuoteQwackertoo I have sensitivity to the patches but not like you have. I expressed that concern to the person that schedules these. He said that Dr.Natale understands the issue with folks who have trouble with a 7 day patch and he can still get the data he needs with fewer days on the monitor. I think that is good news and, hopefully, he can work with your situation. I am leaning toward

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Re: 7 Day Heart Monitor—Dr. Natale - 3 months ago

QuoteAB Page Susan - Does the Bardy Cam only get placed in a doctor office or is it similar to a Zio where they mail it all to you? Thanks. I just read that Susan got hers in the cardiologist’s office. A doctor can also order it and have it sent to the patient so no office visit is needed.

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Re: 7 Day Heart Monitor—Dr. Natale - 3 months ago

Just an FYI, I decided to stay with the Vital Connect monitor because that has worked for me in the past. According to their website, less than 1% of users have had side effects from the patch. I was told that the adhesive spray that Susan mentioned is usually applied in a medical setting rather than at home because if done incorrectly, it could interfer with the monitoring. I did not want to r

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Re: 7 Day Heart Monitor—Dr. Natale - 3 months ago

Quotesusan.d I’m have severe skin sensitivity and I like the Bardy Cam. They sprayed a skin adhesive on the monitor and then sprayed the adhesive on my skin. It worked. It was mid summer in the east coast and very humid and the strip stayed on without any redness or blisters or bleeding. Interesting about the spray they used, Susan. Since the monitor will be mailed to me, I am wondering if

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Re: 7 Day Heart Monitor—Dr. Natale - 3 months ago

QuoteQwackertoo I’ll be following this post for information. I’m also due for 7 day, first time, thru Dr Natale in March. I developed an adhesive sensitivity after wearing a Holter Monitor for 30 days, twice, Summer of 2021 and Summer of 2022, before being diagnosed with a fib. I get red bumps where the monitor wires/patches go and on my fingers. They multiply and take weeks to go away even w

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7 Day Heart Monitor—Dr. Natale - 3 months ago

I called Dr.Natale’s office to schedule my annual 7 day heart monitor. I had only one option in the past and that was the Vital Connect monitor. There are 3 options now: the Vital Connect, the Bardy Cam and the Zio patch. The Bardy Cam does not require a phone and the patch is placed vertically on the center of the chest, directly over the sternum as opposed to the Vital Connect patch which

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Re: Noninvasive Heart Mapping System Speeds Arrhythmia Diagnosis - 4 months ago

Quotegloaming Thanks, George. I'm running at half pace these days. Lost my father to MAID last Friday, and the weeks leading up to it were demanding and hard. Lack of sleep makes a person dull. I appreciate the link. gloaming, my thoughts are with you as you go through this difficult time.

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Erythromycin ophthalmic ointment - 4 months ago

I saw a post about antibiotics months ago and the 2 discussed were amoxicillin and azithromycin. Amoxicillin appears to be ok to use but not the other one. I am wondering if erythromycin ophthalmic ointment, prescribed for bacterial conjunctivitis (pink eye), would be “heart” friendly as far as AFIB goes. As usual, comments are appreciated.

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Re: List of EP’s - 5 months ago

Thanks, George. I did appreciate the information you sent, and in this case, resent. All of this is very helpful.

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Re: List of EP’s - 5 months ago

Carey, this is the list I referenced above. It is short and it is from 2022. I do not know who posted it. Quote: For those looking for a few of Dr. Natale’s protégé’s, below are a handful of names to choose from, off the cuff. Dr. Pasquale Santangeli. Univ of Pennsylvania. He is now at the Cleveland Clinic Dr. Luigi DiBiase. Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx NYC Dr.D,J, Lakkreddy.

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Re: List of EP’s - 5 months ago

Susan, here is what I found. I did not read this carefully, though. You copied EPs from a link George sent. Carey, this is not the one I was thinking of. susad d. Does a List of the Top EP's for Ablations Exist? If Not, Why Not? May 15, 2023 10:03PM Registered: 11 years ago Posts: 2,978 Would a presenter automatically be manually skilled? I was once seeking a GI doctor and some

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Re: List of EP’s - 5 months ago

Susan, you did provide a long list. Carey, I could not find the list but I found what I had printed from the post. I do not know how to attach it.

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List of EP’s - 5 months ago

Months ago someone asked about a list of top EP’s. There was a good discussion and because of that I think Carey responded with a list of about 20 names. I can find great responses from George and Susan but not the short list that was sent. If anyone remembers that, could they send it to me, please. I even printed it but cannot find that! Thanks Please ignore this post. I just found the

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RSV vaccine - 6 months ago

I have not done much research about the RSV vaccine nor have I asked my EP if he recommends it. I wonder if it is “safe” for us Afibbers!! Any thoughts?

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Re: Today - 6 months ago

I totally agree with what has been said. Thanks to Carey and comments from others, I learned I had to travel to a top tier EP after 2 failed ablations done locally. As of today, I am AFIB free for 3 years and 2 months!! I hope my luck continues!!

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Re: Can't make a dent in Rochester - 7 months ago

Douglas Packer MD was an EP at Mayo Clinic Rochester that I contacted several years ago when I needed a new EP. I learned of him through the annual STOP AFIB conference. He was the Director of the Heart Rhythm Services and Director of the Translational Electrophysiology Research Laboratory. He is the former president of the Heart Rhythm Society, and a member of their Board of Trustees. Unfo

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Re: covid vax? - 7 months ago

QuoteDaisy We are talking about the same EP. I had a booster at the beginning of September, arrhythmias got much more frequent, ablation in November, no arrhythmias since. Daisy, your experience is exactly what I want to avoid! I also want to avoid getting COVIID! What difficult decisions to make. After 2 failed ablations, I finally found an EP who knew how to handle my case and I

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Re: covid vax? - 7 months ago

QuoteDaisy My electrophysiologist advised me not to get any more boosters as he had seen cardiac implications that concerned him. After my last booster, I did have an exacerbation of arrhythmias. So it seems to depend on who you ask. Daisy, we may be talking about the same electrophysiologist. I ask every year to see if the opinion on getting the COVID vaccine has changed and the answer is a

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Re: Anesthesia for dental procedure - 8 months ago

Daisy, George and Carey, thank you for your comments. The information is appreciated.

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