Anti-Afib, Any procedure involving the LA subjects the endocardium to damage, intentional (ablation) or unintentional (LA 'stunning'). My question about the healing time for endocardium is purely to gather other opinions, since the only way to determine the time of healing would be at autopsy. Perhaps there is some scarce data on this, but I have not found it. Also there would not likeby buckywood - AFIBBERS FORUM
I'm wondering about the "collar" now placed around my HRs, resting being higher and maximum being lower. Post ablation, PVI and SVC, my resting HR is up from 50 (no beta-blockers) to 75. And my maximum is down from 160 to 130. If one assumes that the SA node is isolated from Vagal control it could account for the increased resting rate. But it seems unlikely to me that catecholamby buckywood - AFIBBERS FORUM
Carey, I know how long they recommend OAC post-ablation, but their reasoning is related to the certainty that you are no longer in AF. My question relates only to the incremental increase related to the burn-sites.Most intimal healing of vessels occurs within 2 weeks, and I assume the endocardium would be about the same.by buckywood - AFIBBERS FORUM
As everyone knows, being in a-fib requires taking oral anti-coagulant (OAC) to reduce the likelihood of thrombus (clot) forming in the left atrium which would create a source for embolus to the brain resulting in a catastrophic stroke. There are scoring systems to quantify the risk/reward of taking them, such as the CHAD-Vasc score, etc. but in general the benefit far outweighs the risk. Afterby buckywood - AFIBBERS FORUM