Cardo version

[Susiebelle]

I had my date today for another attempt at a cardio version - 16th February.

Onward and upward 😀

[jeanjeannie50]

Hope this next cardioversion lasts for you Susie. Best wishes.

Jean

[AnticoagulateNow in reply to jeanjeannie50]

It won't last though Susiebelle, will it?. You do know that don't you? I hate to come across as being doom-laden but I also believe that kind reassurances shouldn't disguise false hope. You may have a total understanding of the limitations of a cardio-version in which case my words of caution are not for you. But there are folk who view this forum who misunderstand what cardioversion is about and believe it will cure their AF.

Notwithstanding the above, I sincerely hope you remain AF free as long as possible following the procedure - but why not think about an ablation for something more permanent? Good luck.

[Susiebelle in reply to AnticoagulateNow]

Hi - yes I know that about cardio version - hopefully will be speaking to my WP soon - I had anablationformy a flutter at the end of October - probably will have to have another - but hey ho - onward & upward

[Hidden in reply to AnticoagulateNow]

Don't be so discouraging!

I've had a cardioversion which kept me in NSR for 4.5 years.

Sandra

[PeterWh in reply to Hidden]

I think being realistic. You are very much the exception!!!!

[Hidden in reply to PeterWh]

Peter, I wonder if it is that exceptional . There must be many who don't post on this forum because their AF doesn't trouble them to any great extent following CV

In spite of my 4.5 year in NSR I'm now just 7 weeks in NSR following my 15th DCCV.....😕

Sandra

[PeterWh in reply to Hidden]

I am not sure but I seem to recall that it is less than 1% who are still in NSR 1 year later from a single DCCV. Obviously I am assuming that excludes those who are given a DCCV after an ablation.

[Hidden in reply to PeterWh]

Yes I would imagine it would not include the dccvs given in the ablation process. I don't count those!

[AnticoagulateNow in reply to Hidden]

Peter has said it all really Yatsura. The point about cardioversion is that, unlike ablation or medication it doesn't do anything at all to 'treat' the condition of AF. The electrical shock simply disrupts the arrhythmia in that short moment of time. That disruption, hopefully, results in NSR but because the patient still has the same, entirely untreated AF, arrhythmia will return - in an hour, a day, or a year. Your experience of relief for over 4 years is exceptional for sure but an exception exists only to prove (or test) the rule, doesn't it?

[PeterWh in reply to AnticoagulateNow]

In my case DCCV only lasted about 28 hours but during that time two key points were proved. Firstly that my heart could be returned to sinus rthythm and secondly that I felt better in sinus rthythm.

[Hidden in reply to AnticoagulateNow]

I'm quite aware of what cardioversion does. I'm not that dumb.

[AnticoagulateNow in reply to Hidden]

I'm delighted.

[PeterWh in reply to Hidden]

If that post was in response to mine I think that you must have misinterpreted it.

I was NOT explaining what a cardioversion does (generally, not to you specifically) but explaining the two key results and both have to be yes to move onto the next stage (in the medical sense).

[Hidden in reply to PeterWh]

No Peter, it was not in response to you. I will let the matter drop now !

Sandra

[AnticoagulateNow]

Oh well, good luck with that Susie. WP? GP? EP?

[Susiebelle in reply to AnticoagulateNow]

EP

[Susiebelle in reply to AnticoagulateNow]

EP

[AnticoagulateNow in reply to Susiebelle]

Got it, thanks.