This is an old Hans Larson article that has much interesting information about Nattokinase, Serrapeptase and other proteolytic enzymes and their effect on prevention, reduction, and perhaps dissolution of arterial thrombi. He also goes into detail about manufacturing and absorption problems, interactions with Afib related drugs, vitamins, etc. Pretty good stuff, I think... not withstanding its 2by jwb74 - AFIBBERS FORUM
Thanks for the correction in terminology, Wolfpack (are you an alumnus of NC State Univ. in North Carolina?) I'm still learning, but my EP and also my internet research tells me that cardioversion for afib can be an option, and 20-50 Joules is used routinely by my doc and some other EPs for resetting afib to NSR. Although the benefit is almost always temporary, the two reason given arby jwb74 - AFIBBERS FORUM
Hi George, thx for your interest in my case ...been yrs since I had a 5 hr GTT, but I think I'm pretty healthy in that regard. I eat very little, and practice intermittent fasting often. I eat no processed foods and eat a lot of salad from my garden. I want to get a Calcium accumulation CT and make an effort to reduce any fibrotic build up with enzyme therapy and K2 Forgot to addby jwb74 - AFIBBERS FORUM
Hi Carey, just wanted to share a couple things in regard to the ability to sense atrial pulse waves... Turns out that what I was feeling is probably the same thing Shannon mentioned he used to feel (but less succinctly), ie reflexive jugular waves. In Afib, the jugular vein reflects atrial contractions reverberating upstream after being blocked by the closed Tricuspid Valve during ventriculaby jwb74 - AFIBBERS FORUM
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Last night for the first time, i had a PVC event that started as bigeminy (PVC every other beat) for half a minute, then flipped to a pace that felt like my moderate to brisk running pace, then slowly returned to normal over a few more mintutes. Since my events are occuring more frequently, I am going to get a Holter scan this week. If I find I am in constant Afib, I am thinking of havingby jwb74 - AFIBBERS FORUM
Thanks Carey... maybe we have a problem with terminology, so I added a link to my last response that may help: This link helps also: Atrial Flutter (defined as ~240-500 atrial p-waves per minute, depending on whose site you read) has a wide range of ventricular responses to atrial impulses: from filtering all atrial beats except those consistent the usual ventricular 'NSR' (by jwb74 - AFIBBERS FORUM
Sorry guys, didn't mean to argue. I feel like I'm starting off on the wrong foot here The reason I posted was to introduce myself and describe my event history to the best of my ability... in hopes of finding others with similar subset experiences. Folks, all I'm say'n is I feel two different things happening simultaneously every morning... felt at two different placby jwb74 - AFIBBERS FORUM
Hi Carey, I have enjoyed reading your posts and comments here... and thanks for being an admin! So given your extensive time here on the forum, I can see why you might doubt me. Indeed, I am one of a very few I could find (via search engine) who reports ZERO history of transference of atrial tach into ventricular tach during their attacks, as well. Perhaps I threw you off with the numberby jwb74 - AFIBBERS FORUM
For 2 years, I have been having occasional "early morning involuntary stretching" episodes of atrial flutter (see post by erich from Dec. 26th 2015) This is how it happens: upon my first semi-cognitive moment, I arch up my back, yawning and stretching for 3-4 seconds. When I do this, I feel something happening in my chest/throat area. I put my hand across my heart with fingertiby jwb74 - AFIBBERS FORUM
Hi Erich, I found this old thread you started, and thought I should at least mention that I have the same "early morning involuntary stretching" causation of atrial arrhythmia. Mine is a brief (less than 1 minute) atrial flutter of about 240 bpm, but NONE of the atrial beats translate to ventricular beats; my pulse is always regular with no PVCs during a flutter attack, but I can feelby jwb74 - AFIBBERS FORUM