Hi everyone, firstly I wanted to thank everyone who responded to my recent post asking for advice. Based on the recommendations I purchased a 6- lead device from Amazon at the beginning of the week for £129. In short I am very impressed. I am 51years old and have PAF for 10 years (no ablation to date). I take Flecainide (50mg twice a day) and have not had any symptomatic episodes of AF for a long time until a week or so ago. I had forgotten how scary and unsettling it can be. I went back into sinus rhythm naturally but have still not 'felt right' since. I suspected I was having lots of ectopics. My first try of the Kardia came back as 'No AF but unclassified'. I wanted to know more and then soon realised that we have to pay extra for a more detailed analysis. I signed up for the premium version at £9.99 per month (first month free) and the result was 'Sinus rhythm with premature ventricular contractions'. Over the last few days I have undertaken 21 tests, NO AF but only one result of complete sinus rhythm. The results were wide QRT X2, PVC's x6 and the most frequent being supraventricular ectopy x12. I sent one of my reports off for a clinician's review and it confirmed both PVCs and SV ectopy. The report came back within hours! What I am now unsure of is whether these rhythms are my norm, or whether I am getting more irregular rhythms as I get older and/or whether it's the result of my recent AF episode. I will continue to monitor and will likely present to my GP soon with a report taken from the app so I can get reviewed, it's probably about time after 10 years I think.
KardiaMobile - my experience so far - Atrial Fibrillati...
KardiaMobile - my experience so far
Congratulations, it's a great device and I hope it helps you control and manage your atrial fibrillation.
"Wide QRS" could be benign or troublesome, and should be shown to an EP who will then probably confirm and remeasure on a 12-lead at rest and/or under stress on a treadmill.
A widening of the QRS interval often comes with taking Flecainde, but if it's too wide, your dose may have to be adjusted, or in some cases discontinued. Only an EP can sort this out, as opposed to a regular cardiologist.
The other two readings seem benign and of course no afib is always good.
Jim
Hi Yanbart
From my personal experience self monitoring EKGs was a requirement to determine if I converted to SR. I encourage you to make it a routine just like diabetics measure their blood sugar several times a day. I do it 3-4,times a day for 30 sec each usually in morning , around lunch, after dinner and bedtime . It’s necessary to detect AF especially asymptomatic. It document how often you are experiencing AF which will determine therapy decisions. Secondly I discovered for myself it let me know if my protocol was working , meaning was I having more frequent SR . When I finally switched into SR on two occasions I decided to drop my magnesium dose and the next day i detected AF.,After resuming my dose of magnesium my heart rate returned to SR. In my case I literally can titrate the dose of magnesium I need by results of my EKGs.
Hope that helps
Hugheart.
Ive bought a 1 lead kardia…great gadget…I think .lol
Out of interest magnesium. I take magnesium taurate twice a day, one am and one pm as per the recommended dose on the packet and as advised by the York cardiologist. What and when do you take yours please
Hi Peacockmama
Everyone’s metabolism is different but like you I take Mg in AM and PM. My reasoning is to maintain stable blood Mg levels one twice a day works for me. Picking the best Mg is also important to find one with published percent absorption ( bioavailability) and knowing percentage of elemental Mg++ in each dose. It is surprising to find out that most Mg formulations only contain 10-20% Mg++ per dose. So for exp assume Magnesium XYZ is a 300 mg dose then you may get only 60 milligram of Mg++ per dose. Also assume it only gets absorbed 40% then each dose actually provides 24 mg of Mg++.
So in this exp if you take this hypothetical Mg supplement one twice a day it provides 48 mg of Mg++ a day. A female needs 320 mg of Mg++ daily and an adult male needs 420 mg of Mg++ daily. That should tell you there is a need to add fortified Mg++ foods.
Hope this helps. My BIO as a physician explains more.
‘Hug your heart and someone who needs a hug’
Hugheart
Thank you. My mag taurate says 40% NRV. = 150mg elemental mag total for the 2 tabs . Is that good ¿ lol
I am not familiar with NRV ? Can u make and send a photo on label both sides
tried attaching bit don’t seem to be able to . Thanks anyway
What is the weight of the tablet or capsule, pill u r taking of Mg taurate ? They claim it contains 150 mg of Mg++ but the weight of the pill should be on the label. For exp it might say each pill is 500 mg of Mg taurate . Then 1000mg ( 2 pills ) = 150 mg Mg ++ which is elemental Mg.++
If I know the pill weight I can determine if it is accurate.
Hugheart
this is direct from their website. Hope that helps?
Ok that helps . The 1720 mg =2 pills = 860 mg of taurate for one pill. Each pill has 10% Mg++ which is 86 mg . Times 2 = 172 mg Mg++
That is close enough to their calculation of 160mg Mg++ so it appears correct. Knowing only at best 40% of 160 mg Mg++ is absorbed into the blood then if it was me I would eat foods fortified in Mg++. Leafy greens like spinach, nuts and roasted pumpkin seeds are good examples. My book has an Apprndix with a list.
Hope that helps
Hugheart
You are so kind. I do eat quite a bit of broccoli spinach….i do have some seeds and not many nuts. Thanks again for your help. Really appreciated .
U should be able to buy pumpkin seeds that r already roasted
thank you again . Just read your profile..v interesting. I can confirm that dehydration plays a big part for me anyway in kick starting an episode.
As I said I take mag taurate, I see you take the other ones…any benefit? Do you just take the one supplement of magnesium ?
Doesn’t potassium play a part too ?
I hope your surgery is better than ours! My heart is well controlled by Flecainide now, furst prescribed by an EP I saw privately, but in the early days I sent some of my Kardia reading to my surgery and was asked to stop doing so!!
I’m going to send mine to a private EP and get an appt. Not worth sending to my surgery..even went into surgery which is small whilst in afib to get an ecg..nope..but angry with that as dr had said to contact then if it was getting worse.land it is more frequent,..and I’m still waiting for 7 day monitor from last November so thought the ecg whilst in afib would help.myou know what it’s like trying to get an ecg whilst in afib..nigh on impossible lol
So it seems your surgery is much the same as ours. So sad when I remember having wonderful proper family doctors in the past! Good luck!
Rare to see the same ‘doctor’ if indeed they are doctors ..what’s all that about…? I’ve had 2 registrars I’ve seen in the past consult their notes !!!!
Bring back family doctors as you say..
Persistent/Permanent AF in preference to Paroxysmal??
Puzzling over upcoming AF ablation
Update post ablation - so far so good
Kardia message: Sinus Rhythm with Supraventricular Ectopy.
