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Apology to Bob D.

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I just wanted to apologise to Bob because I never mind apologising when I’m wrong!

You were right Bob! They only use the veins in ablation. I just thought that because I had so much pain with the stitches and only last week relief from a tenderness and tight feeling on the entry wound site, that they had used an artery- as that what the nurse said at the time.

Had my follow up phone appointment on Friday and my consultant confirmed they had used the pulmonary vein and my pain was because this was my second ablation in a year.

All great now by the way!

As I told him, for the first time in four years I’m blissfully unaware of my heart beat and it feels so wonderful!

I know because I also have HCM that my journey isn’t over, but am so enjoying life right now!

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BobDVolunteer

Water under the bridge! Glad he put you right in both ways. lol 😁

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RobertTonkiss

Erm correct me if I’m wrong isn’t the pulmonary vein the only artery in the body not named an artery

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SlothOnSpeed in reply toRobertTonkiss

Just googled it. I had no idea.

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RobertTonkiss in reply toSlothOnSpeed

Ah knew it was something unique about the pulmonary vein and artery they are switched with regard to oxygenated and deoxygenated blood to the other veins and arteries in the body

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Ducky2003 in reply toSlothOnSpeed

You learn something new everyday, which begs the question, why are they named as such. 🤔

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frazeej

Arteries are named as they carry blood AWAY from the heart. Most times this is oxygenated blood coming from the left ventricle. The anomaly is the pulmonary artery which comes from the right ventricle-it carries blood AWAY from the heart, BUT is deoxygenated blood on the way to the lungs to be oxygenated and then sent BACK TO the left atrium via the pulmonary vein! Confusing!

JimF

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Mugsy15

Don't forget that the heart itself requires oxygenated blood. So there needs to be a way for blood to be pumped away from the heart but back again, and this is it.

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