Hello,
After being treated for PAF 2x
First cryoablation and regular ablation the EP suggested going to a sleep clinic. There they confirmed i have sleepaphnea (22 events per hour) . Now i have a mandibular device and my second week in wearing this at night,i can tell the differance. My heart feels like its getting back to normal again. Less skipped beats and awkwardness. Just wanted to tell everybody that sleep aphnea can exagerate the underlying AF condition.
Greets, Filip
Yes it is well known that sleep apnoea is a cause of AF.
Yes. I would extend the advice even further to breathing day and night.
At night I feel I have benefited from nasal strips (NHS didn't treat as only 9 events/hour) for many years and a mouth strip for the last 2 years (see James Nestor & Patrick McKeown on YouTube). During the day on my x2 brisk walks I practise slow deep breathing, 6 per min.
I would second that, Filip. In my case I was only diagnosed with mild sleep apnoea (9 events per hour) but all my AF episodes so far have occurred at night, so I have a CPAP machine. It’s taken a good while to get used to it but I’m up to 6 hours a night now and it’s noticeable how much calmer my heart is during the day - the frequent runs of ectopics I used to get, even on the Bisoprolol, have stopped.Definitely worth having a sleep study done in my view and getting even mild sleep apnoea treated.
Same here at 18AHI and the CPAP keeps my AFib at bay without AAD drugs. I do get ectopics at varying degrees but the sleep apnea treatment has definitely helped the AFib.
Very interesting… makes you wonder why ALL with newly dx AF aren’t tested for sleep apnea! Who referred you to the study/test? GP or EP? It’s taken a year to dx me and a further year to work out my arrhythmia(S) via loop monitor and apart from BBs, the only thing I’ve been offered is an ablation, which they seem to be fast tracking me into eg: in 5 weeks!!
Hello,The ep asked if i would want to take the sleepstudy. Allthough not very impressed at the beginning, i can say the multi disciplinary evaluation within the clinic has gained my respect towards the team. I stand allso behind your remark, that testing for sleepapnea in new AF patients would greatly reduce the suffering. It for sure can be the trigger in developing AF.
I wish you succes in the coming procedure.
In the US, many GPs will not even perform an ablation without a sleep study being conducted.
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