HR > 200 = 911 If that’s an equationby wolfpack - AFIBBERS FORUM
Both are echograms and I’d believe both are accurate. If you’ve gained weight and ostensibly increased blood pressure then I’d wager that’s where the reduced EF comes from. A couple of years is about the right time frame for such a change to manifest itself. Congratulations on the recent weight loss! I’d continue down that path and I think the benefits will follow in short order.by wolfpack - AFIBBERS FORUM
There is some evidence to suggest that beta blockers are contraindicated in vagally mediated AF. But if your anti-arrhythmic is Flec then you need the BB. I did propafenone minus the beta with no issue for the 3 months or so prior to my ablation. It’s something to discuss with your EP or cardiologist.by wolfpack - AFIBBERS FORUM
OAC = oral anti-coagulantby wolfpack - AFIBBERS FORUM
I’d guess that the ANP/BNP secretions from the fibrillating atria expelled a lot of sodium via the kidneys and that led to lower BP and HR. That’s just my SWAG. My own experience post conversion was an elevated HR for several hours. Everyone’s different.by wolfpack - AFIBBERS FORUM
A fast, but regular, rate immediately upon converting from AF is quite normal. The atria are still a bit “stunned” from the arrhythmia and take a few hours to get back to business as usual.by wolfpack - AFIBBERS FORUM
QuoteCarey I understand Susan's points, but honestly I think the 6-lead version is unnecessary for most people. The original Kardia will do what you need it to do. I wouldn't spend the extra money on the 6-lead unless I was already a complicated case, and I don't think you are. Yes, but the one key difference between the original Kardia and the 6L is that the latter uses Bluetootby wolfpack - AFIBBERS FORUM
The Kardia with just two metal contacts is the single lead. The six lead has three metal contact areas, two on top and one on bottom.by wolfpack - AFIBBERS FORUM
I am the worst person in the world to answer this question. Food never mattered for me. What got my AF to stop prior to the ablation was ditching the metoprolol and taking the propafenone with a couple of beers (not in the morning, mind you). Mine was (is) a case of very vagally mediated AF brought on by years of endurance exercise and a “normal” (actually too low) BMI. I needed something vagolytby wolfpack - AFIBBERS FORUM
QuoteLani Belisle I wonder if you are sweating out your electrolytes with all of the exercise and while fighting a fire? There is a good amount of potassium in a lot of foods, but especially coconut water and V8. Magnesium is harder to get from foods, so taking Magnesium glycinate, Mg taurate, or the liquid MgCl called Remag may help you. ReMag (Amazon) helped me for quite a while. On any maby wolfpack - AFIBBERS FORUM
For sure. I just didn’t know the name. News to me. Thanks!by wolfpack - AFIBBERS FORUM
I have 2 weeks worth of 5mg Eliquis samples that I “forgot” to take during my last AF episode in 2018. I’ve already decided that either I or my wife contract COVID-19 then we will cut the pills in half and do the 2.5mg BID prophylaxis for PE. If a medical professional has a problem with it well, then, they can have a problem with it. I personally think that 2.5mg BID is virtually harmless in anyoby wolfpack - GENERAL HEALTH FORUM
I’m in Wake Forest, NC, but I haven’t heard the name. The volume center here is Duke. That’s where I went 5 years ago. I had a PVI done by Dr. Kevin Thomas. I’d guess by this point in time he’s had well over 1,000 ablations under his belt but I’d have to ask to be sure. So I’d look around given the fact that this is kind of a local hotspot for medical specialists. Unfortunately, it’s also becoby wolfpack - AFIBBERS FORUM
It’s very possible from the intubation but that would just be for a few days after the procedure, not a month. I’d suspect something else like seasonal allergies. Do check with your doctor, though.by wolfpack - AFIBBERS FORUM
I wouldn’t take metoprolol for simple ectopic beats. Beta blockers are for preventing heart failure in the context of persistent tachycardia from either a-fib or flutter. I’d worry that taking them otherwise would just lead to fatigue or a general feeling of sluggishness.by wolfpack - AFIBBERS FORUM
QuoteKen I am taking more K and Mg and hoping that helps. By the way, what is the approximate dose of Mg for you folks when you reach your bowel tolerance? Just work up the Mg dosage slowly and see what you can tolerate, or better yet what’s effective without even getting to the tolerance limit. I personally take 800mg per day of the bisglycinate chelate without issue. I see no need to increasby wolfpack - AFIBBERS FORUM
I really don’t think you made a mistake. PACs are quite annoying, for sure. Are you supplementing anything like magnesium to see if that helps?by wolfpack - AFIBBERS FORUM
Ok, so I’m growing a little tired of the panic buying and inavailability of common items. In this case, seltzer water. I’m going to make my own. I have a Cornelius soda keg (5 gal) and a CO2 cylinder with regulator. If I fill the keg with water and swap the gas fitting with the dispenser fitting I can force gas into the bottom of the liquid through the dip tube. Setting the CO2 regulator at abby wolfpack - GENERAL HEALTH FORUM
What do we think about 2.5mg BID apixaban as a prophylactic measure if one is diagnosed with COVID-19? Of course we're not in the medical research field but a lot of us have the medication on hand whether we're using it or not. If you have the 5mg tablets they are easily cut in half. I'm certainly not suggesting doing it. Just soliciting opinion. A low-dose blood thinner for twoby wolfpack - GENERAL HEALTH FORUM
Maybe just up the beta blocker dose for the next week or so while you wait for the consult. Knock that rate down below 100 and there’s nothing to worry about.by wolfpack - AFIBBERS FORUM
I think I had my last (really short) tachy episode about 3 months after my ablation. There may have been one or two more even farther out, it's been so long I don't remember now. I should've kept a diary now that I think about it.by wolfpack - AFIBBERS FORUM
I had a few of those, thankfully short, in the months following my ablation. It was tachycardia like a horse shot out of the gate with no warning whatsoever. Only lasted about 30 seconds each time so I was never able to capture one on a Kardia strip. But I’m certain it was transient flutter. It’ll go away.by wolfpack - AFIBBERS FORUM
QuoteCarey That must be a state restriction. I just bought two 1.75 liter bottles of 190 proof Everclear. I would go for 99% isopropyl if I couldn't get 190 proof Everclear. Wow, that’s a lot of flammable booze! We afibbers aren’t supposed to be that well versed in distilled spirits! I’m sure 75.5% ethanol will do a number on SARS-CoV2. I’m not too terribly worried. I still have a pby wolfpack - GENERAL HEALTH FORUM
QuoteCarey 60% alcohol is adequate to kill coronavirus. Purell uses a mix of isopropyl and ethanol alcohols because isopropyl is better at killing bacteria while ethanol is better at killing viruses, but regardless it is effective at killing coronavirus. If you want to make your own hand sanitizer, just drop by your local liquor store and buy some 190 proof Everclear (grain alcohol). It'sby wolfpack - GENERAL HEALTH FORUM
So sorry about your sister-in-law. Warfarin requires routing monitoring of something called the INR (international normalized ratio) which is a confusing way to refer to clotting time. Suffice it to say, warfarin is very diet sensitive with vitamin K being the main variable and it is not difficult to get one's blood "too thin", or "too thick" depending on one's diby wolfpack - AFIBBERS FORUM
PAF is probably not a serious comorbidity for COVID-19. Hypertension is a much bigger deal. The way I could see AF becoming an issue is if a patient developed severe bilateral pneumonia and then went into arrhythmia then the reduced cardiac output would confound O2 saturation even more. That being said, for certain amongst the patient cohort that exists today there are AF patients, likely hundredby wolfpack - GENERAL HEALTH FORUM
Johan, You can’t really start/stop amiodarone. It has to build up in the body’s tissues. That’s probably why you took 5 days to convert. If you want a pill-in-pocket approach to AF, your choices are basically Propafenone or flecainide.by wolfpack - GENERAL HEALTH FORUM
Is loasartan bring used off-label for COVID-19? I ask because my wife takes it for hypertension but we can’t seem to get it refilled right now. All the pharmacies are out. We are in central North Carolina.by wolfpack - GENERAL HEALTH FORUM
Concur with Carey. 1 flutter, 2 AF + PVCs. Show them to your doctor and maybe ask about increasing a beta blocker dosage, assuming you're on one. You'd like that rate < 100 bpm. That will be more comfortable.by wolfpack - AFIBBERS FORUM
QuoteBarry G. its just the flu with another name . I’m certainly not one for hysterics, but I have to take issue with that statement. It is not the flu. Please, folks, don’t say that. We have our top medical professionals in public service telling us the lethality is an order of magnitude greater. We’re all smart enough to know what that means. Fear is not useful, but neither is complacencyby wolfpack - GENERAL HEALTH FORUM