Hello,
We have just found out my boyfriend had a CVA [from cardiologists letter] though it must have been a mild one as we didn't even know when it happened it has come as a shock to both of us.Boyfriend is behaving normally,ie speech,thoughts and no loss of use in his body.He has mild atrial enlargement,mild/moderate mitral regurgitation and normal LV and persistent AF according to cardiologists letter.
Can boyfriend still see an EP to see if he can have an ablation.
He is having difficulty in getting his dr,to prescribe amlodopine because it interacts with carbamezipine which boyfriend has been on for years[the latter] for epilepsy.However he's not had a fit since he was prescribed amlodopine a few weeks ago and 10mg bisoperol makes him sleep 18hrs daily so was reduced to 7.5mg but his dr is not listening to the cardiologist.Does Amlodopine control afib,heart rate rhythm to some extent or just BP .if so he possibly could talk about taking another BP tablet surely.
Sorry for the long post please can some-ne give us some advise whether likely he would be a candidate for ablation.
Thanks