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Help - 3 years ago

So I’m currently full up with a seasonal cold, getting by with paracetamol but the wife has bought some day/night capsules, but I’m concerned there’s caffeine and phenylepherine, which I believe is a derivative of ephedrine, is this something I should be avoiding with afib?

Re: VT - 3 years ago

QuoteCarey The definition of NSVT is VT lasting less than 30 seconds, so you're a very long way from sustained VT. In any case, until there's a recording proving it's VT, it's most likely SVT, meaning its originating in the atria, not the ventricles. Same with the PVCs. Unless you have a recording showing they are in fact PVCs, they're most likely PACs. But even if it

VT - 3 years ago

So I had an ablation with prof Ernst 6 years ago this year, all was great until two years ago where I started getting pvc’s out of nowhere, during one of my 7 day monitors I received a call off one of her team asking if I’d felt faint or passed out, and has anyone in my family died suddenly with no reason, he also said they’d picked up a run of nsvt and that it’s very serious an a British footbal

Re: London, UK and Paris, Fr EP Recommendations - 3 years ago

Prof Ernst did my ablation, a very warm and professional lady👍🏻👍🏻

Re: I’m new to Forum and struggling with my condition…. - 3 years ago

You can request in England I’m sure if it, if not you could contact prof Ernst secretary to ask about prices for a private consultation

Re: I’m new to Forum and struggling with my condition…. - 3 years ago

The best way to describe an EP is that if you think of the heart as a house, cardiologists are the plumbers sorting out the plumbing, an Electrophisiologist or EP is the electrician sorting the wayward electrics out, as afib is an electrical issue with the heart these are the people who know the most,

Re: I’m new to Forum and struggling with my condition…. - 3 years ago

Hi there, I’m from South Wales, diagnosed at 40 and had ablation 5 years ago, I too struggled with anxiety over it and had a spell on citalopram, you’ll get great advice here off people who know more than most dr’s…… but I’d start with getting an appt with a good EP, I went to Prof Sabine Ernst in Royal Brompton London, she was amazing, in meantime any questions just message👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

Re: Very frequent PAC's - 3 years ago

Are you sure they are PAC’s and not PVC’s or even a mixture?

Re: Ablation tomorrow - 3 years ago

QuoteCarey Apparently I will have a urinary catheter at some stage as well. Yikes. Not sure when that comes out. I know it sounds like yikes! but trust me, that catheter is going to be your friend when you're lying there flat on your back for 4 hours and you've just been pumped full of saline for the last few hours. They might offer to remove it before you're allowed to get u

Re: Do you wish you had never done an ablation? - 3 years ago

QuoteCarey there are days now where I do wish I hadn’t had it as since two years post ablation I have daily constant pvcs, these are more debilitating I find than my AF The trouble is, there's no way to know if the ablation caused the PVCs. Since an ablation doesn't get anywhere near the ventricles, it's unlikely that it did. How many do you have each day? If you're ex

Re: Do you wish you had never done an ablation? - 3 years ago

So bit of background, I developed AF after exercising at age 40, did a lot of reading on forums, and signed up to a trial by prof Sabine Ernst in London to get ablation, I’d had one episode but was determined not to let it progress, and as I was young didn’t want a lifetime of drugs….. there are days now where I do wish I hadn’t had it as since two years post ablation I have daily constant pvcs,

Re: 8 month post-ablation niggles - 3 years ago

QuoteElectroBlu Thanks Carey. That is reassuring in some ways. I really dont want to damage an ablation. I had it on 13th April 2021 at Royal Brompton in London. So, if alcohol might trigger new AF - then I need to knock it 100% on head! - which is a challenge! Did Sabine Ernst do your ablation?

Re: 8 month post-ablation niggles - 3 years ago

Prof Ernst by any chance?

Re: What to make of this?? Neale a legit reporter - 3 years ago

It seems it’s not very reliable

Supplements - 3 years ago

Hi all, so I’m 5 years post ablation with Sabine Ernst in London for my paroxysmal afib, last year or two I’ve been experiencing a lot of pvc’s, my burden on last two holter monitors were 2.85% and 1.8%… granted not as much as some but I get very anxious over them to the point I’ve stopped exercising as I hate the feeling of them when I exercise. I’ve noticed lots here have success with supple

Re: Potassium/Magnesium/PACs-PVCs/Flutter-AFib - 3 years ago

Can you tell me which mag and potassium supplements your taking, suffering lots of pvcs 6 years after my ablation

Re: Kardia - 3 years ago

Strange thing is my wife was sat right next to me and did it perfectly, I even sat at table and did it, still interference🤷🏻‍♂️🤷🏻‍♂️

Re: Kardia - 3 years ago

I’ve had two that have come back normal but have been terrible to look at, plus why is the little heart beating away in corner very erratic, almos like I’m in af…. Lots of fast beats together with no regularity

Re: Kardia - 3 years ago

Kardia - 3 years ago

So I have tried taking a trace but keep getting horrendous traces, the little heart in corner beats erratically and the ecg itself is very jagged, then it stops half way through saying too much interference, my wife then used it next to me and it run perfectly…… is something going on with my heart or is my kardia playing up. I’d put it up here now but can’t.

Re: Ablation -tachycardia - 3 years ago

Hi, your still very very early in your blanking period, I’m sure this is just your heart being a little bit aggravated by being burnt, I wouldn’t worry too much unless it lasts a while, Carey or one of the other more knowledgeable posters here can probably tell you more, But for now maybe just relax and hopefully it will be a small bump in the road👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

Re: Danish Soccer Star Collapses ( heart massage)? - 3 years ago

QuoteCarey Yeah, translation error seems likely. I'm sure the medics had a defibrillator but the camera work is so awful that I can't tell anything more than 1) he collapsed, 2) somebody initiated chest compressions at some point, and 3) he was carried off the field conscious and alive. If the CPR really was justified then I'm sure a defibrillator was used because Denmark has c

Re: Pvcs - 3 years ago

Sorry I should’ve been more informative, they’re definitely pvcs I’ve seen them on my kardia, and my ablation was coming up to 5 years ago now, never had any first three years, last two years have been a lot worse

Pvcs - 3 years ago

Hi all, so last night I woke on my left side with pvcs every other beat, today I’ve woke with them every third beat for periods of around 30 secs..... are these pvcs an unfortunate side effect of an ablation as I never had them before it, they’re a real nuisance........ my last 7 day monitor said I had a burden of 1.87%

Re: Does anyone know Michael Goldstein in Annapolis, Md? - 3 years ago

QuoteCarey The first and almost the only question you should ask about this doctor is how many afib ablations he has done in total, and currently how many he does per year. (Not other kinds of ablations.) The answer you want to hear is thousands in total, or at least many hundreds, and more than 4-5 per month. The same criteria apply to the center where he will do the procedure. You want to be in

Employers🙄🙄 - 3 years ago

So I am a first aider at work, and if I’m having a few wobbles with pvcs or anything untoward I use the first aid room to go and sit to take a kardia trace, my company are aware of my condition it’s in all my occupational health notes, on Friday I received a letter to attend an investigation into an allegation of “misuse of first aid room”......... nothing like an understanding employer eh!!🙄🙄🙄

Re: Atrial Fibrillation no better after second ablation - 3 years ago

No I’m 5 years out from my ablation

Re: Atrial Fibrillation no better after second ablation - 3 years ago

QuotePompon I say it's common not as a scientific argument. I say this because it's commonly reported by paroxysmal afibbers having been ablated. Before ablation, no ectopics, but afib coming out of the blue. After ablation, ectopics most of the times, afib from time to time or no more afib at all. That’s me, no ectopics before ablation, now pretty constant, although they’re mostly p

Re: Two days pre-ablation: Any advice? - 4 years ago

I was done at the Brompton by Sabine Ernst, they will look after you well, only thing I can say is the boredom of laying flat was what I found the most difficult, my wife bought me a cup with a straw so I could drink whilst laying down, someone said about little sponges to wet your lips, Your in great hands, I was petrified going down but everyone in the lab took time to come and introduce the

Arrrggghhh - 4 years ago

Just walked up my mothers which is a small hill, got to top, few ectopics then fast rate for 20secs, then normal....... absolutely hate this feeling and it’s becoming a bit more regular😩😩😩