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Re: New Member and Really Hoping............... - 8 weeks ago

Box warning definition: (Mentioned drugwatch so I’m sharing their definition as well) AI overview: A "black box" label, or boxed warning, is the FDA's most serious warning for prescription drugs and medical devices, highlighting potentially life-threatening side effects or risks. The name comes from the thick black border used to make the warning stand out on the produ

Re: New Member and Really Hoping............... - 8 weeks ago

QuoteGeorgeN I want to second that from personal experience. My EP started my on 50 mg twice per day but over the years whenever I had a breakthrough of Afib, she insisted on raising the dose. I told her that I was uncomfortable taking a high dose due to only weighing 125 lbs but she insisted that it was necessary and perfectly safe for me to take 150 mg twice daily. It was NOT! I went into com

Re: 3 failed ablations with Vivek Reddy: next step Dr. Natale? - 2 months ago

QuoteCallydex Reddy did everything - I always make sure of that. That was one of my questions I had asked him. He said he would do the ablation and his fellow would only assist in mapping. Good luck . Hopefully #4 will be successful. Did Reddy use pulse or RF during your 3 ablations? He started the trials around 2018-19 at Mt Sinai.

Re: 3 failed ablations with Vivek Reddy: next step Dr. Natale? - 2 months ago

I I just had a virtual appointment with Dr Reddy. He was upfront and told me I may need two more ablations (PVCs this time). I do have a question for you. Mt Sinai is a teaching hospital. Did fellows assisted Dr Reddy? Dr Natale did everything.

Rapid Direct Mapping of the Superior Vena Cava Using an Extended Circular Array Pulsed-Field Catheter to Identify Sinus Node Activation Prior to Ablation. - 2 months ago

Technology has improved. I wished I had the Rapid Direct Mapping of the Superior Vena Cava which might had prevented needing a pacemaker after an unintended sinus dysfunction. In addition to using the best skilled EP (Natale and others), pick the best cath lab. Austin I was told has the best imaging. I used a satellite hospital in Thousand Oaks, CA which lacked some of the cutting edge equ

A shot in the dark - 2 months ago

I agreed to a PVC ablation because I reached my tolerance level of not having a normal life. So today I was told to see the head cardiologist of heart failure. I told him I get fecal dumps and is it similar to urine dumps (“big pee”) some get during arrhythmias? His expression was like that of a robot, he starred into space and thought long and hard and said no, no connection. Then he looke

Phenotype-guided risk stratification in anticoagulated atrial fibrillation patients: cluster analysis of the Murcia AF Project III (MAFP-III) - 2 months ago

Re: How to Stop Atrial Fibrillation Naturally in just 4 minutes! - 3 months ago

QuoteTodd Plenty of comments below the video, if you watch it on Youtube also. I wrote originally: Read the comments below the video. Great comments

Re: Ablation time - 3 months ago

Thank you for your kind words. My PVCs were intense last night and I was up the entire night with the runs. This time I threw up 8 times. So it’s a catch 22 with getting dehydrated from vomiting and not able to replace my electrolytes which messes up my heart.

Ablation time - 3 months ago

I can’t stop my PVCs and they are getting so bad I want to lay down with oxygen. I don’t leave the house except for taxis to the hospital which wears me out. I don’t have the energy or strength to fly to the states or France. Each flight my o2 drops to 81-82. I chose private so I get two EPs instead of students/fellows/etc. he wants a TEE to confirm my watchman doesn’t have clots. He wants an ech

Re: Watchman/TEE - 3 months ago

I had a TEE in a room instead of the cath lab. I was out 5 minutes and left right afterwards.

Re: vitamin store - 3 months ago

QuoteCarey I'm actually not sure of the answer to that. We used to get a small benefit from it but since COVID we haven't seen any money come in. Not sure whether that's because no one here uses it or something glitched. I'm going to talk to iHerb on Monday and find out. In the meantime, buy them wherever you get the best price. They give a referral code . Log in and see if it

Re: Cryptogenic organizing pneumonia - 3 months ago

You should consider getting a sleep lab test to include nocturnal hypoxia and take the test where they make you walk up and down the hallway and then measure your o2. My o2 dropped to 70 when I came down with Covid. I had the same symptoms as you with my long covid. I was taking Sotalol in 2022 with no problems. Perhaps it is the combination of taking Sotalol with another drug that caused

Re: New Pulsed-Field Ablation Device Found Effective at 1 Year - 3 months ago

QuoteCarey PFA's main claim to fame is improved safety, not improved efficacy. I recently had a zoom appointment with a well known experienced NY EP. He was the head of one of the trials. I asked him since PFA seems to be safer, would he ablate my LV using PFA? His reply was no because they simply are not as experienced with PFA ventricular ablations. My PVCs are now around 50% burden

Low Incidence of Atrial Fibrillation in Patients with Obstructive HCM Treated with Aficamten: An Analysis from the REDWOOD-HCM, SEQUOIA-HCM and FOREST-HCM Trials - 3 months ago

Re: Convergent Ablation - 3 months ago

QuoteVictoria Susan, Did the AV node ablation get rid of your flutter for good? Carey and George are correct. It’s a final solution. It’s so drastic and irreversible. It has its pros and cons. I have been ER free of atrial flutter tachycardia since my AV node ablation the first week of December 22. I was admitted with 190hr flutter in the hospital 23 days out of 30 during 11-22 and they tr

Free AF seminar - 3 months ago

Atrial Fibrillation Tuesday, September 9, 2025 | 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM Virtual Cost: FREE Atrial fibrillation (AFib) is the most common irregular or abnormal heart rhythm disorder, affecting more than 3 million Americans. Thankfully, more options to treat AFib are available than ever before. Learn about AFib and the latest treatment options available. Dan Musat, MD, Electrophysiologist

Re: How to Stop Atrial Fibrillation Naturally in just 4 minutes! - 3 months ago

I didn’t feel today’s PVCs. These I felt. It’s my usual pattern. What then is the burden % below ?

Re: How to Stop Atrial Fibrillation Naturally in just 4 minutes! - 3 months ago

I had 3 holster monitors for up to 7 days-43% burden, 22% burden and recently a Zio patch 32% burden. Lately it felt like continuous burden which is symptomatic. After I did this breathing technique once, I’ve been having a calmer heart-not perfect but calmer, less PVCs. I just took a iwatch reading.

How to Stop Atrial Fibrillation Naturally in just 4 minutes! - 3 months ago

Can/can’t hurt, might help, nothing ventured, nothing gained: How to Stop Atrial Fibrillation Naturally in just 4 minutes! Read the comments below the video. I wasn’t opened minded and watched the video and thought it was comical how he leaned back. But I tried it and it calmed my PVCs a bit. My heart feels calmer. I supposed it was the breathing technique that distracted me. The leanin

Re: Convergent Ablation - 3 months ago

You haven’t tried everything until you tried the last resort, no going back, AV node ablation for your flutter. It stopped my 190hr flutter but it comes with a cost because it’s a drastic ablation. Good luck with your procedure.

Secondhand tobacco smoke and risk of atrial fibrillation: An observational epidemiologic and gene-environment interaction analysis - 3 months ago

Re: Romaine lettuce/folate holy cow - 3 months ago

I have a health issue that has required me since age 11 to take 1mg a day of folic acid. It didn’t help my arrhythmias. I do juice and blend (trying to make V8) and found the natural sugars do cause my heart to rumble. I love my juicer because after I finish my drink I add the veggie pulp to my bone ingredients for bone broth soup, put it all in my ninja for 10 minutes and get natural calcium bro

Re: Risk of syncope and permanent pacing with rate versus rhythm control of atrial fibrillation: A systematic review and meta-analysis - 3 months ago

It maybe the combination of both AAD and BB. Sotalol and Multaq can potentially lowered HR, Multaq perhaps more common.

Catheter Ablation versus Anti-Arrhythmic Drug Therapy for First-Line Treatment of Atrial Fibrillation in United States Clinical Practice - 3 months ago

Risk of syncope and permanent pacing with rate versus rhythm control of atrial fibrillation: A systematic review and meta-analysis - 3 months ago

Re: Persistent Increased PACs after ablation? - 3 months ago

For me, slouching and squatting and bending over still triggers arrhythmias. I think each of us are individually different. That said, i developed a high 33% PVC burden after two of my ablations-about 6 weeks afterwards. I was instructed by my EP to try an experiment, which stopped my PVCs cold turkey. He suggested Tenormin. It’s difficult to get so maybe the generic Atenolol would work. Maybe

Re: Injuries reported during Watchman implantation due to improper ventilation - 4 months ago

Physicians are being warned that sedated patients have a higher risk of air bubbles entering the heart, which can be extremely dangerous. This risk can be lowered by using a breathing machine that gently pushes air into the lungs, known as positive pressure ventilation. To help prevent this problem, doctors should make sure patients are not dehydrated or have low blood volume, especially if they

Re: SHOILD I GET A REDO ABLATION - 4 months ago

How many redo ablations are enough? Each kills good heart tissue and for a few of us an ablation can contribute to flutter which may require yet another ablation. I would watch and avoid your triggers and sit tight for a bit. There is no free lunch thinking an ablation is a cure for afib. It just fixes the existing firing cells and makes a monkey cage barricade. But if you have a genetically disp

Re: Bed mattress - 4 months ago

AI overview would ”know” and AI agrees that there is no direct scientific evidence link to afib, there are some situations while sleeping that can alter cardiac health: Can a mattress cover cause Afib? There's no direct scientific evidence suggesting that a mattress cover itself can directly cause atrial fibrillation (Afib). However, there are some ways a mattress cover, especially certa