a week later

[mavart]

I was diagnosed with AF 7 years ago while at our holiday home in Spain and had the catheter ablation 5 years ago in Switzerland our main home.

I wrote last week that I had a cold and thought I was back in AF after being free for 5 years and in Spain again. After 6 days of continual high heart rate I went to hospital and met the cardiologist who had diagnosed the AF 7 years ago. He explained that I was experiencing Atrial Flutter and the PIP Flecainide that I had started wouldn’t help. After discussing the options he recommended having a cardioversion which was performed on Monday and now I‘m back in NSR. I have to take Amiodrone for 2 months and Bisoprolol twice a day instead of once.

I know of course that this could happen again and maybe another ablation is needed but for now happy to be feeling better and perhaps can play golf again next week.

[CDreamer]

If you had an ablation for AF it would be in the Left Atria - Atrial Flutter is in the Right Atria, is what is called a regular irregularity ie: rhythm is regular but the HR is doubled or tripled so unless you have an ECG it cannot be distinguished from Tachycardia.

Hope the Amiodarone works for you. I found AFl far more uncomfortable than AF.

PS ablation for AFl is much simpler and quicker.

[drdubb]

My electro physiologist had me taking a tiny dose of metoprolol after my ablations for AFIB. This was to prevent flutter. However, I had to go back on flecainide for frequentectopics. That and the metoprolol brings my heart rate down too far, so I'm not taking the metoprolol.

[LoquatPreserver]

Flecainide as the PIP started causing atrial flutter for me. I've been taken off it. No PIP now and I've changed from metoprolol to sotalol as the beta blocker. Have had 2 episodes AF since so it's not working as well as my doctor had hoped.