Hi all .....am having a procedure in hospital on the 8th June under GA and just concerned the GA will cause an AF episode and or irregular heartbeat during the procedure and after wards .Anybody had GA and what was their experience ...did it trigger AF
Thanks
Ann
Yes. i went into Afib during a hip replacement but I was given 'something' and woke up without it!Sorry I cannot give you more info. Nothing further happened .I only know about it because I asked.
OK thank you for your sharing your experience
If your operating team are happy to proceed with you having AF then accept that they have your back. It is usually the anaesthetist who makes the call.
I’ve not had any problems with GA that I know of and even if it did cause an issue you are in the right place.
Hi Ann.Can you pm me please x
My AF has been permanent but largely asymptomatic for about six years . About four years ago I had a grumbling appendix, and was referred by an out of hours GP, ( it was on a Saturday) to attend a particular hospital ward. First came "nil by mouth" and intravenous antibiotics and Vitamin K,and at 2.30am on a Sunday, the operation under GA to remove my appendix.The anaesthetist told me that the operation would last an hour, but if anything untoward happened they would keep me under GA until they deemed it best to wake me up. And yes my heart raced to over 190 bpm. I was woken up 3 hours after the end of the operation when my heart rate was 190bpm. My Heart rate was monitored all the time. I was sent to a general ward, close to a nurses' station. The main trouble was the monitoring equipment made loud bleep, every time my heart rate was over 100bpm. It was getting me down, but I didn't complain. Next was an at-bed X -ray, and then I was returned to the specialist ward which had silent monitoring equipment. It took just under 3 days for my heart rate to return to the normal range, when I was discharged. In the 4 years since the operation I've had 3 colonoscopies without sedation (I live alone, so sedation wasn't possible). However they were not painful, and it was amazing to see inside my colon.
Just reading your reply and you have really been through it, so well done you. Living alone and having to face all that is very brave. Just wanted to say “well done.”
no mine x 2 (one short one long) didn’t trigger AF - good luck!
2 procedures under GA and no AF. Good luck!
I have had GA a number of times since I had Paroxysmal Atrial Fibrillation diagnosed over 30 years ago. Some for ablations .
For non ablation operations it has never triggered AF.
I wouldn’t worry if I were you
Pete
I'm looking at a 4 hour opp soon and am petrified because I'm Asthmatic as well as PAF. Last GA was 35 years ago. I'll watch this thread closely to hopefully give me some reassurance. 😢
Hi Nerja - I had two operations last year just a few months apart, I have permanent AF, HF and am asthmatic and there were no problems. The anaesthetist assured me he would be monitoring me very closely. Try not to worry you will be fine and best of luck.
Cassie
I would think the asthma is more significant. Talk to your consultant and also in my experience the Anaesthetist is very helpful and knows the issues well.
Peter
Pete. I had a minor procedure last year and they decided Epidural because of the Asthma , be good if it applied this time , leave it to the Big Boys eh.
The longest anaesthetic I had was around 8 hours.
Pete
Well that gives me comfort Pete. Thanks 😊
I have had 3 major operations with GA in the last 5 years and 2 colonoscopies with GA. I did not go into afib during any of them but did have episodes shortly afterwards - 3 days after the colectomy whilst still in hospital and about a week after the 2 hip replacements. Also one about a week after one of the the colonoscopies. I have no idea whether these episodes were related to the procedures except for the one after the colectomy. That was brought on by dehydration after I came off the drip (unable to drink sufficiently due to bloating from keyhole surgery) combined with being very hungry- they give you very little food the first couple of days after a colectomy!
You have been through the Mill Auriculaire by the sound of it.
Well all 3 ops have been successful so I am hoping for a quieter time! The whole procedure and aftercare for the ops was much better here in France than what I experienced after my hysterectomy in the UK - and that was in 2000 when the NHS was better.
Hopefully the NHS is starting to improve. My op is Nueroligical and our local Hospital has an excellent reputation so I have every confidence in them . Pleased it wasn't 2 years ago though , things where totally different then.
I recently had a significant spine op, which entailed approx 6 hours of GA. Luckily I managed to tuck it up in between my twice-weekly AFib episodes and it didn’t trigger it off.
Hi Sunnyann, I had a GA 2yrs ago & had no problems during or after.Heart stayed nice & calm thank goodness.
Hope everything goes well for you.
I have PAF, I had GA earlier this year. The op went well. I had an episode of AF about 2 days later. HR was about 130 and my BP was labile. The episode lasted about 6 hours. This is the only episode that I have had during this calender year.I do not think that the GA caused the AF. I was dehydrated and had drank a glass of wine. I think that these were the trggers.
Regards and do not worry Anticipation of what might go wrong is squally ar worse than the actuality.
I had my Ablation April 19, 2023 under GA and l had no problem with AF during or after the procedure.
Had a gall bladder removal.I made sure anesthesia team were well aware of my af.
Woke up after ga in nsr.
Anesthatist came to see me later in the day to confirm that there was no AF whilst in surgery
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