Is Af classed as a heart problem?

[kazzyr]

My old Cardiologist said i do not have a heart problem just a problem with the electrics of the heart and not the structure. So do i or don't i have a heart problem?

[BobD Volunteer]

YES. As far as I understand AF is a problem with your heart. It may not be plumbing which most cardiologists deal;with but it is an electrical problem. EPs deal with electrics and are specialist cardiologists . If DVLA want to know again yes. Pedantics maybe but I would call it a heart condition .

Bob

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Me too or why else do we attend cardiac departments always err on the side of caution and declare it I would and do. After so many cardiac procedures can only be heart condition for me and others

[Beancounter Volunteer]

Hi Kazzyr

Interesting that it came from a cardiologist, and not an EP.

Yes sir, your house is fine great structure really strong, but the wiring...... (sucking sound through teeth).....

But I still have to live in it I wail.....

Ian

[lizwright]

Yes you do have a heart problem unless you are trying to claim critical insurance....... I am going to try again.

[Ang3lc4ts]

Hi Kazzyr, if you see an EP he confirms you have a heart problem? Have you seen an EP? It has taken me 12 years to see one as most GP's do not think AF is a problem (EP's words, not mine!). Another Dr I saw in A&E referred to AF as an illness. So, yes, we do all have a heart problem.

Di

[kazzyr in reply to Ang3lc4ts]

Hello I'm not sure if my new doctor is an EP but he specialises in Arrhythmia and A/F here is his profil off of Google.

Profile:

Dr Kaba's specialist interests include arrhythmias - the disturbance of electrical activity and conduction within the heart - and he performs potentially curative interventional procedures for such arrhythmic substrates in the form of Cardiac Ablations.

Dr Kaba also specialises in implanting complex as well as standard pacemakers, and very recently was one of the first operators in the world to implant the state-of-the-art “quadripolar LV lead” for a patient with severe heart failure.

Languages spoken:

English

[bc109]

Hi Kazzyr.

My cardiologist told me that my heart is in very good condition - he said it's just my pulse that needs attention.

I think they make it up as they go along...

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Hi Kazzyr my EP said my heart pump was in excelent condition but the wireing was all to cock

[oltimer]

That`s like saying there is nothing wrong with your car when it breaks down ! - "It`s` just the engine !! "

Technically he is correct but "The Electrics" are an integral part of your heart & do not have an effect on any other part of your body - " ONLY YOUR HEART" & so he is as wrong & out of date as it is possible to be.

`The electrics` are out of `sync` & if the condition is allowed to continue without `treatment` you will almost certainly suffer a `stroke`.

The condition should be treated in any one of a number of ways - i.e - Medically with drugs to slow & normalise the rate and/or rhythm. It can be electrically `converted` back to normal Sinus - Rythm - which in my knowledge & experience nearly always reverts back to `fibrillation` within a matter of weeks or months or it can be `ablated` which so far has been shown to be the better of the three options & is becoming more & more widely used & with greater & greater success..

In my case - I have a `Watchmans` device fitted in my left atrial chamber & so therefore this nearly certainly prevents me from suffering a stroke & negates the necessity of taking Warfarin &/or a PPI or

(Proton Pump Inhibitor).

Best of luck to you.

Oltimer

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I think we should all tell our doctors if their car is working fine but the electrics don't work, then it doesn't matter, no problem, they can push it. Some of the comments they make are so funny

[jnh1]

Tell your Doctor from me that if it looks like a duck, quacks like a duck and walks like a duck - its a duck.

[kazzyr]

I have moved to a different area now so have a new cardiologist, does this make him a EP My new Doctor's profile from Google

Profile:

Dr Kaba's specialist interests include arrhythmias - the disturbance of electrical activity and conduction within the heart - and he performs potentially curative interventional procedures for such arrhythmic substrates in the form of Cardiac Ablations.

Dr Kaba also specialises in implanting complex as well as standard pacemakers, and very recently was one of the first operators in the world to implant the state-of-the-art “quadripolar LV lead” for a patient with severe heart failure.

Languages spoken:

English

[porridgequeen]

Hi Kazzyr

I've only just come across this question so sorry for the late reply.

Looking at the specialist areas of Dr Kaba he is certainly an EP , I would even dare to say a highly qualified experienced one.

If you look on the AFA site you will be able to find a list of EPs in your area. The AFA helpline will also be able to give you advice. I was told to find out how many procedures the EP had performed and to steer clear if it was less than 50 - you don't want to be used as a guinea pig, but in this case I can't see that this would apply.

Best of luck