AV node ablation

[shirlygirly]

Just heard that when you have the node ablation they do not totally

destroy the av node but leave it capable of some function.

Is this true ?.

[Hidden]

That is how I understand it but I'm sure that someone who has had it done will comfirm

[Roseyuk in reply to Hidden]

My AV node ablation in my left atrium

Has made me totally reliant on my two lead pacemaker...

But I also have heart failure

💓

[BobD Volunteer]

That is not entirely correct according to my understanding. The fact is that all cardiac muscle cells have the abilty to beat without intervention so even if the PM failed you would not die. Your heart rate would likely be down in the 30s meaning that you could not do much but it would continue beating until a replacement PM was fitted.

[shirlygirly in reply to BobD]

Gosh that has made me feel so much better, I know what 30ish

feels like so I could cope with that..

Thank you.

[seasider18 in reply to shirlygirly]

When I had my pacemaker fitted the other patient had a usual heart rate of 26bpm that was only found when he went for his pre op assessment prior to a hip replacement.

[Shepheart]

Hi, I had an AV node ablation almost 4 months ago. (I already had the pacemaker for 6 years for Tachybrady with Afib.) Things were not that great for the first 2 months but once I got a more precise setting at the Pacemaker Clinic a month ago things have been much better. It had something to do with the coordination of the sensing of the atrial lead when I would go into Afib. I’m 100% dependant on pacing of the ventricle but i still have sensing and pacing at times with the atria.

I’ve also been taking magnesium taurate which may be lessening the amount of Afib. And I was told that my natural escape beat is in the forties. Hopefully that all holds over the long run. Wishing you the best.