So anxious at the moment

[Marymara]

Is ir normal if you have AF to have a right ventricle dilation,

[ozziebob]

You could ring the BHF Freephone to talk to a Cardiac Nurse about this while waiting for access to your "medical team". The number is easily available but I have been "told" not to give it on the Forum, as it relates to "advertising an outside business". Doh!

[Marymara in reply to ozziebob]

Thankyou, iv already spoken to everyone.I know what to do, I just needed to know I'm not the only one.

[Ppiman]

From what I have read, long term tachycardia (i.e. a racing heart) can cause some weakening of the left ventricle and valve. However, yours is the right ventricle that is affected. The right side pumps blood to the lungs to receive oxygen. Do you have asthma or other breathing issues like COPD, for example?

I think this is not all that unusual and won't lead to anything awful! I would wait for your doctor to tell you more. What symptoms do you have that took you to having this discovered?

Steve

[Marymara in reply to Ppiman]

Thankyou, tears ago they noted right ventricle dilation, of unknown significance,I questioned it, they wasn't concerned,few years on they are saying they found PAPVR congenital finding, just found I'm 69, they also mention pulmonary hypertention, no answers as to what's causing what, first cardiologist I saw said, AF will have a bearing on the right side, now I'm under someone else, feel weak and tired but not sure if it my anxiety,

[Ppiman]

I can never separate out what anxiety causes and what the heart does as, sometimes, the whole thing weighs on my mind and brings on a kind of brain fog. I also have insomnia, so that adds into the mix - and my being 71 likely doesn't help!

I would say that you have no reason to worry much at all from what you've said, especially as these things are much more common as we get older. I think the different views from your doctors are likely because the heart and lungs are partly science (i.e. what they know) and partly "art" (i.e. what their experience lets them guess). I live in the, somewhat naive but optimistic, belief that if it was genuinely important they would know and you would be told. Also - the chances are that having had a decent look at your heart over some years, there's not likely to be anything of major significance.

Pulmonary hypertension can be a serious thing, but - again - I think in your case it's not or someone would have told you. I think Bob on the forum is having investigations for just this.

The trouble with feeling "weak and tired" is, as you say, pinning it down to something specific.

I would maybe think of paying for a private consultation (around £200) with one of the cardiologists who knows your case? That would give you a better chance to get to the bottom of things and, very likely, bring you the comfort you need from reassurance.

Steve

[Marymara in reply to Ppiman]

Thankyou so much Steve for your response, you understand completely,I find you reply very comforting, as for private I did think about it but then the price goes up and up for tests, I do tell myself if there was anything urgent they would have address it, I think what these doctors do is watch and wait,I'm due to speak to my consultant in January with his response to tests I had in September, I guess that's the good thing about going private, no waiting.

[Ppiman in reply to Marymara]

I think you are doing the same as what I would. Sometimes, private consultations can speed things along, but the costs can go through the roof. I hope you enjoy Christmas - peace is what we need!

Steve

[Marymara in reply to Ppiman]

You don't know how much your words have made me feel better, just need someone to understand sometimes.

[Marymara]

Makes you wonder if all those years ago as a young women I was told I was having a panic attack and put on vallium, could well have been AF attack.

[Ppiman in reply to Marymara]

I was told just this by the cardiologist I still see. To think how my (otherwise lovely) GP never mentioned the possibility. The worst for me was being given an SSRI drug "to help" way back in 2007, to which I reacted badly with awful, long lasting side effects, all put down to the anxiety...

Steve

[Marymara in reply to Ppiman]

They put everything down to anxiety, although in my case they may have a point.