Kardia mobile Possible AF ecg

[Babyr1996]

This is the Kardia mobile ecg if anyone can help in letting me know if this is AF or just ‘interference’ as I’m quite often told by medics so don’t want to go in saying I’ve had episode if it’s not!! I’m useless at understanding these. Thank you any advice gratefully received

[Hidden]

Doesn't look like interference and it does state Possible Atrial Fibrillation. What rate is this. ...can't make it out. It doesn't look fast. I would show it to your medic

[Babyr1996 in reply to Hidden]

Rate 89 thanks

[Hidden in reply to Babyr1996]

Have you taken your reading again and is it still AF?

[Babyr1996 in reply to Hidden]

This was yesterday I didn’t do it again no not immediately after about 5 mind later I did and it was unclassified as i was going 122bpm and was outside the perimeters

[Hidden in reply to Babyr1996]

If it was AF at 122 it would normally still say possible AF. This had been shown to me many times when my rate has been 130/180/234 etc etc I get lots of unclassified when my rate is over 100..which is very frequent these days.....and called Atrial Tachycardia ( or flutter ).

Still worth showing to your doc when you get a chance in my humble opinion!

Sandra

[Babyr1996 in reply to Hidden]

Thanks x

[hock217 in reply to Hidden]

Why is it called tachycardia? Is this term used for extra rogue beats?

[Babyr1996 in reply to hock217]

Tachycardia is very fast heart rate

[hock217 in reply to Babyr1996]

Thank you. I thought tachycardia vs arrhythmia had to do with area of heart generating issue.

[Buffafly]

My Kardia sometimes tells me if there is a lot of interference but ignores odd big blips. If it says 'Possible AF' (it never says Definitely) then it probably is.

[Babyr1996 in reply to Buffafly]

Thank you

[etheral]

It is irregularly irregular fast atrial rhythm that is afib.

[Mejulie69]

Doesn’t look irregular to me. There’s an ectopic in the top line, but this is just NSR to my eyes.

[mjames1]

It says "possible atrial fibrillation" so you want to show it to your doctor. I would also show the "unclassified" to your doctor as well. You might also want to take your ecg periodically to see if you're still in afib. Alternatively, depending on where you live, you can email the ecg to Kardia's certified cardiologists who will analyze the ecg for a fee. They have that service in the U.S.

Jim

[Babyr1996]

Thank you DrDave01 that is really helpful that would be something new to me but to also say I have a biotronic closed loop simulated duel chamber pacemaker so would that make a difference to what you see?

I was just about to put a post on as my follow up appt post CTI ablation on 18th April which was the 7th September has now been put back to 21st December 8 months post procedure I feel this is in breach of NICE guidelines? I’ve rang EP secretary and left msg awaiting reply!! My cardiologist can’t see me till after post procedure appt my GP feels my heart meds need adjusting as I’ve lost lots if weight and my Bp is very very low I’m monitoring at home till Friday I see gp next Monday for results

I will show him the ecg I got and mention what you say as that’s the closest I can get to getting something done

Is left bundle branch something I should be worrying about? To say upon waking the same day my HR was 132bpm but didn’t manage to capture it and I had a dull ache in my chest like ide banged into something it was only slight and not a pain to worry about but I felt I was out of rhythm all day and very much up and down and both was 77/42

Thank you and sorry for the long rant I’m just feeling frustrated with it all at the moment

Thank you so much for the kind of diagnosis I really do appreciate it very very much

Hazel

[Babyr1996]

Hi thank you so no LBBB then? In that case a relief!! I just suddenly thought bout the pacemaker making a difference

[Babyr1996]

I’m learning something new everyday!! So if I got this right when I’m paceing it kind of mimics that of LBBB ah that’s just confusing to me. An ecg will say it is when it’s not. Nothing straight forward haha!! But I do thank you really I do thank you. You’ve put my mind at rest

[Hidden in reply to Babyr1996]

I think we are very fortunate to have Dr Dave on the forum to come in at times like this. ( he is after all the inventor of the Kardia!)

[Babyr1996 in reply to Hidden]

Wow I never knew that i feel honoured