A-Flutter Ablation Success

[Aflutter1]

How many have had an a-flutter ablation and it lasted? My doctor made it sound like its one and done for a long time to come but the more I read, the more it makes me think it's just temporary and a way of life to have to keep going in or then possibly have to get another one for Afib very soon after and basically on constant healing for one ablation after the other. Don't want quality of life to disappear due to one ablation after the other. In my 80's and fine other than this issue that suddenly came up after a respiratory bug. Not sure what to do. they actually suggest going in and doing both sides for a-flutter and a-fib assuming that is automatically going to come next. It went from meds to take care of things, (which it didn't) to suggesting a shock, then saying that won't last, to just getting one ablation to now both sides. I don't hear very many success stories and now much more nervous than before. Thank you.

[Paulbounce]

Hi Aflutter.

The success rate is pretty high for an ablation for flutter. Only about 2% of patients who have an ablation for this return to flutter - the official success rate is between 95 - 98%. It's pretty much curable and it's a low-risk procedure. I too have had flutter but it seems to have departed company with me for now. If it comes knocking again with a vengeance I would certainly consider ablation for it. Hope that helps.

Paul

[Aflutter1 in reply to Paulbounce]

Thank you great news to hear of your success!! Appreciate your reply to my question.

[Palpman]

Aflutter is much easier and more successful than Afib to ablate.The re-entry tachycardia is the most common type of Aflutter and I assume this is what you had.

I had mine ablated over a year ago and I've had no arrhythmia apart from the occasional ectopics.

I cannot get the flutter again as the re-entry pathway near the AV Node was ablated.

Good luck to you but refrain from wishing Afib upon yourself.

[Aflutter1 in reply to Palpman]

Thanks so much for the replies. The doctor told me that I would almost definitely get Afib after I took care of the Aflutter like trading once issue for another, so I should get both done at the same time even though I don't have A-fib. Seemed like alot for my age to go through but don't want any more issues. I was hopeful to hear some success stories

[Lynnels]

Hi! After suffering for years with both A Flutter and A Fib on and off I had an ablation 4 years ago. I thought they were doing both but my cardiologist decided if he ablated the flutter it would stop the A Fib from being so frequent, and would make it much more manageable. Took 5 hours to get all the Flutter but the result is I haven’t had either since. So for me very much worth it

Good luck with whatever you choose to do.

[KMRobbo]

I had an ablation Feb 28 2018 for renetrant atrial flutter, right atria. It stopped the flutter and it has not returned.Prior to the ablation EP advised a 95% success rate on the ablation and advised that if a flutter ablation is succesful, it is almost 100% permanent.

Note this is for RIGHT ATRIA flutter. I understand that very rarely flutter occurs in the left atria. I have no knowledge of that.

I was the opposite way around. I had Paroxysmal AFib that was always high rate ( 165bpm plus resting).

I had a PVI CRYO Ablation for that Jan 29th 2018. Successful no AFib since.

Developed flutter 9 days later, which was not present previously and was very likely to have been promoted by the flecainide I was still taking for the AFIB.

I stopped taking all the heart related drugs May 2018.

NOT medically trained, just recounting what happened with me.

Best wishes

[wilsond]

Flutter ablation is the best treatment with 95 to 99% success,permanent I was told,as against AFib .AFib can recur,and sucess rates for ablation vary quite a lot 60 to 80% sucess I believe.

AFl is more resistant to medication and often more symptomatic than AFib.

AFib can often be controlled well with medication.

I had both AFib and AFl ablated June 1st. 1 short AFib since then. Surgeon told me on ward that he was very confident Id not have AFl again.

Xx

[Ppiman]

I had mine in June 2019 and was told it would be permanent cure, which so far it is. I have had some AF and lots of ectopics, with mild tachycardia, since but the flutter itself seems to be, happily, a thing of the past.

Steve

[dwright12]

Ablation for aflutters in 2018 and no longer have flutters, but I'm now afib