didn't realise I had chf as well as af

[gillian59Yo]

hi I joined December 2017 love reading everyone's posts. I'm on waiting list for and icd Freemans hospital northeast England. iv af and chf. tablets I'm on iv no breathlessness, after cardiac rehab can run and have no pain symptoms nothing. (hence have not posted) after hearing last Wednesday about getting icd implant and just thinking i had af not chf also has me bit worried..anybody else the same? thankyou and fab forum

[IanMK]

I was originally diagnosed with heart failure after having fluid on the lungs. This was attributed to dilated cardiomyopathy that was initially thought to be caused by AF. By the time I got to see an EP it had become apparent that I wasn’t experiencing PAF (my arrhythmia was not irregularly irregular and my pulse rate did not shoot up for no reason). Other than for the fluid on the lungs I was asymptomatic, as are many people with AF. I’m presently limited a little by my medications but not as badly affected as many seem to be. I’ve had one ablation and waiting for my heart to stabilise again before having an ICD and AV ablation next month. The hope is that once I can get my ventricles beating normally again the dilated cardiomyopathy may resolve itself and my EF get back to a more normal level.

I hope this helps.

[gillian59Yo in reply to IanMK]

thanks ianmk hope all ok with you soon. I had 3 ecograms gone from 15% too 30% at Freemans consultant said with af iv got I'm very prone too a heart attack . iv had no pain nothing. Angram showed no blockages or anything. suppose icd made me worry. thanks again plus googled it which shouldn't of lol