Afib monitoring with heart block and pacemaker

[Nomis21]

I have total heart block due to AV node ablation, have a CRT pacemaker and had my first cardioversion 3 days ago.Getting a few flutters, bad heads and fatigued since the cardioversion but last night my heart was racing, beating hard and felt I had been hit by a bus. Early days and suppose I have to give it time to settle but I'm also keen to monitor should I go back into afib.

Not sure if there is such a device to monitor for afib when my pulse is steady due to pacing?

I have a st Jude's monitor next to me bed so guessing that would pick up any events via the pacemaker but would be keen to know if there is a device I can use throughout the day that would help detect any potential afib issues at the time I feel irregular beats?

[BobD Volunteer]

If you are PM dependent after AV node ablation then your heart rate it totally governed by the PM. Yes you may be able to feel the atrium fibrillating but it shouldn't affect your heart rate as the AF should not be getting through to the ventricle. That is the whole point of the procedure so as to remove any possible problems caused by the AF.

[Nomis21 in reply to BobD]

Thanks bob, I definitely felt the AF in the atrium it was persistent and really took it out of me, understand that the AF doesn't affect my HR due to pacing and not getting through to the ventricle but what would be the potential risks of AF in the atrium?

[DawnTX]

I’m sorry you’re feeling lazy but as Bob just told you, yes he will be able to fill things, but they are not doing damage any longer. I get flutter when extremely and I went three weeks where I was really uncomfortable, but knowing my heart failure has actually reversed since the pacemaker makes me feel OK. When you learn what your triggers you might be able to have fewer but sometimes it just is what it is uncomfortable but I find I can relax knowing it’s no longer harmful. I had six months of tachycardia after an ablation. I ended up with heart failure because of it, but as I said, it has because my heart started getting the rest that it needed. L O L. I have a picture in my head. Have you ever seen the little Mucinex, man, ugly, and nasty that’s what I picture my a fib and flutter as. He is locked up behind a great big wall where he can’t do anything anymore so he can jump around and do whatever he wants, but he can’t hurt. Lol he has some a little bit crazy but it makes me remember. It’s OK to feel the flutter there is no cure for this stuff, but I think my pacemaker is incredible

I am blessed I actually have an app on my phone for my pacemaker and it monitors 24 seven if it detects anything my doctor before I do because the clinic is the one monitoring. Every couple of months they also do a transmission in between doctor visits. It doesn’t matter where I am. I only know they are doing it because they tell me afterwards that it was successful.

before the pacemaker, I actually had an implant that monitored me that was how they found what I had to begin with because a fib is very tricky to catch. It has to be active when they are looking for it.

best of luck to make yourself think too much on it get out of your head because that will add to your stress I used to worry about everything now I usually will just say something like oh got a little flutter here I had Services to attend the other day for a friend and her little girl. Oh yeah, flutter let itself be known, and there wasn’t anything I could do about it. It’s from my broken heart losing them. I also was several hours off my meds. You wouldn’t think that would affect you that much once I got back on track. I was OK again.

you are gonna be OK remember the Mucinex man look him up if you need to it cracks me up. He is so ugly and nasty and he when people can’t hear him and he can’t bother them lol. You can make up your own thing to keep your sanity.