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Ecg from gp

I've picked my ecg up from my gp to take to my appointment with specialist on Friday, I stupidly looked at it and have now worried myself silly, I didn't...

I've picked my ecg up from my gp to take to my appointment with specialist on Fr...

Hidden

•9 years ago

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Mitral valve replacement

Twenty years ago, at the age of 45, I had an artificial mitral valve replacement. All was well until 5 years ago when AF started creeping in, this appears to...

Twenty years ago, at the age of 45, I had an artificial mitral valve replacemen...

Annaelizabeth

•9 years ago

1 Reply

Fleconaide Concerns

Hi, I have been an AF sufferer for a number of years now, had an ablation 4 years ago and have thankfully been AF free since, although I have been left with...

Hi, I have been an AF sufferer for a number of years now, had an ablation 4 year...

karl1524

•9 years ago

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Follow up on bummed out

My exercising is progressively getting worse. Can barely swim 6 laps in the pool. Went on a bike ride today . Had to quit when my heart rate went over 230....

My exercising is progressively getting worse. Can barely swim 6 laps in the pool...

paulh1

•9 years ago

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Magnesium, yet again, sorry!

Saw the registrar to my EP today and I asked him whether I should take magnesium supplements. His answer was fairly obvious which was that I didn't need to...

Saw the registrar to my EP today and I asked him whether I should take magnesium...

Hidden

•9 years ago

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24 hour ECG on bisoprolol

Hi again. Following my first ablation in feb i have been given an appointment for a 24 Holter on 1st June. I am still on 5mg Bisoprolol a day and wondering if...

Hi again. Following my first ablation in feb i have been given an appointment f...

Mattpga

•9 years ago

10 Replies

New Member!

Hi folks, very pleased to have found this website as I've only been accessing the ones in the US. I was diagnosed with AF in November but got virtually no...

Hi folks, very pleased to have found this website as I've only been accessing th...

toohardbasket

•9 years ago

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mitral valve regurgitation

When I had my second, and so far successful, ablation a year ago my EP found I had mitral valve regurgitation but said the good thing was it would be easy to...

When I had my second, and so far successful, ablation a year ago my EP found I h...

gardenome

•9 years ago

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Ablation number 2

Well after seeing my EP at Westmead yesterday, I am up for another ablation on the 4th August. Why so long, that is the list, he wants me on Warfarin for 3...

Well after seeing my EP at Westmead yesterday, I am up for another ablation on t...

Hidden

•9 years ago

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Coming off meds advice please

Good morning everyone. It is now 3 and a half months since my cryo ablation on the 15 January. I am sooo pleased that I took the plunge and had one as it is...

Good morning everyone. It is now 3 and a half months since my cryo ablation on t...

Kiwi2

•9 years ago

17 Replies

Support Group

Hello Thanks to all who commented re AF/Dementia (Casualty BBC) Did anyone go to the Support Group at Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital last Thursday. I...

Hello Thanks to all who commented re AF/Dementia (Casualty BBC) Did anyone ...

ruskin10

•9 years ago

18 Replies

From one extreme to another

Have a diagnosis of persistent AF, arrhythmia and mitral valve regurgitation. The hat trick of heart conditions :) I regularly check my heart rate via the...

Have a diagnosis of persistent AF, arrhythmia and mitral valve regurgitation. Th...

Divegirl

•9 years ago

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A fairly substantial bleed and warfarin: my experience

2 days ago I tripped over something, or my own feet, at home. I wasn't knocked out, but saw some blood on my fingers. My Godson who lives at my house came...

2 days ago I tripped over something, or my own feet, at home. I wasn't knocked ...

Thomas45

•9 years ago

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Ablation or not?

I have Giant Cell Arteritis, diagnosed in October last year, and have been on steroids since diagnosis, starting at 60mg per day and reducing, now down to 12.5...

I have Giant Cell Arteritis, diagnosed in October last year, and have been on st...

Rjw2014

•9 years ago

1 Reply

AF. treatment and side effects date. Whether to see cardiologist privately

I am 68. Normally irregular heart beats only ever lasted a day over the years. In March 2015 it did not go away.I was put on Bisoprolol 10mg by A&E worried at...

I am 68. Normally irregular heart beats only ever lasted a day over the years. I...

Echinopsis

•9 years ago

22 Replies

Enlarged heart chamber & ablation

My cardio version last Aug lasted 6 months ,before I flipped back into persistent A Fib this March, so at my cardio 6 monthly appt last week to talk through...

My cardio version last Aug lasted 6 months ,before I flipped back into persisten...

01maxdog

•9 years ago

16 Replies

Afib/dementia

Hello everyone, did anyone see Casualty last night and hear the `off the cuff` remark by a doc about a woman who had dementia and Afib. The comment was...

Hello everyone, did anyone see Casualty last night and hear the `off the cuff` r...

ruskin10

•9 years ago

35 Replies

Checking out consultant

George2467814

•9 years ago

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ooppss

was just laying in bed watching tele when i heard a comotion outside....i got to the window juast as some young lads were walking past and one of them ran up...

was just laying in bed watching tele when i heard a comotion outside....i got to...

Hidden

•9 years ago

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As my atrial fibrillation come back?

Hi I was taken into hospital 2 months ago and was told I had af! They said I cud of had it for months but the fluttering got worse so they rushed me in! Have...

Hi I was taken into hospital 2 months ago and was told I had af! They said I cud...

nattyray80

•9 years ago

13 Replies

Info please

How do I find out if the cardiac clinic I attended has Specialist in AF I saw cardiologist once then after ECG was passed to another guy but have never seen...

How do I find out if the cardiac clinic I attended has Specialist in AF I saw ca...

George2467814

•9 years ago

2 Replies

Slideshow: A Visual Guide to Atrial Fibrillation

This WebMD website hi-lites AF. http://www.webmd.com/heart-disease/atrial-fibrillation/ss/slideshow-af-overview

This WebMD website hi-lites AF. http://www.webmd.com/heart-disease/atrial-fibr...

EngMac

•9 years ago

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Sleepless nights!

Already this week, Tuesday and Thursday night massive tachycardia goes on for at least 2hrs. On amiodarone and pradaxa so hopefully this should prevent TIA...

Already this week, Tuesday and Thursday night massive tachycardia goes on for a...

migmog

•9 years ago

5 Replies

This is a good way to get magnesium daily.

This is how I make my own magnesiumRecipe for Magnesium-Rich Drinking Water 2 0 Posted by Bill (San Fernando, Philippines) on 02/05/2010 | 1126 Posts...

This is how I make my own magnesiumRecipe for Magnesium-Rich Drinking Water 2 ...

7940

•9 years ago

9 Replies

Diuretics

I have paroxysmal atrial fibrillation and I take Bisoprolol 10mg, Ramipril 7.5mg, Amlodipine 5mg, Atorvastatin 10mg and Warfarin. My GP wants to add a diuretic...

I have paroxysmal atrial fibrillation and I take Bisoprolol 10mg, Ramipril 7.5mg...

Patricia1

•9 years ago

13 Replies

Unexpected Source of Sodium Increases Heart Attack Risk Michelle Schoffro Cook April 30, 2015 5:11 pm 73 comments

This is an interesting article about sodium in drugs; but as always, how true is it. I guess it is good to know that some drugs contain sodium and if you are...

This is an interesting article about sodium in drugs; but as always, how true is...

EngMac

•9 years ago

1 Reply

Cryo ablation for AF

After suffering with paroxysmal AF for the last 7 years (since I was 24), and with my Flecanide becoming increasingly ineffective, I elected to have PV...

After suffering with paroxysmal AF for the last 7 years (since I was 24), and wi...

StuartCJones

•9 years ago

6 Replies

Was told i was low risk but had two strokes

hi everyone, my first time on here. Im 46 and was told I had AF during a routine op in Oct 2014. Finally saw the cardiologist in March who said I was at very...

hi everyone, my first time on here. Im 46 and was told I had AF during a routin...

lisab5500

•9 years ago

19 Replies

Change from NOAC's to Warfarin before ablation?

I have a GP appointment next week to start anticoagulants ready for an ablation at Papworth. If I take Warfarin I cannot go on the list until I am 'in range'...

I have a GP appointment next week to start anticoagulants ready for an ablation ...

angiek

•9 years ago

9 Replies

Increased hr

Hello everyone. Well its just over two weeks since my ablation. As promised I will report that I am ok. Apart from a faster hr than before. Not sure if thats...

Hello everyone. Well its just over two weeks since my ablation. As promised I wi...

bridget54

•9 years ago

14 Replies

Posts - Atrial Fibrillation Support | HealthUnlocked

Atrial Fibrillation Support

All posts for May 2015

Ecg from gp

Mitral valve replacement

Fleconaide Concerns

Follow up on bummed out

Magnesium, yet again, sorry!

24 hour ECG on bisoprolol

New Member!

mitral valve regurgitation

Ablation number 2

Coming off meds advice please

Support Group

From one extreme to another

A fairly substantial bleed and warfarin: my experience

Ablation or not?

AF. treatment and side effects date. Whether to see cardiologist privately

Enlarged heart chamber & ablation

Afib/dementia

Checking out consultant

ooppss

As my atrial fibrillation come back?

Info please

Slideshow: A Visual Guide to Atrial Fibrillation

Sleepless nights!

This is a good way to get magnesium daily.

Diuretics

Unexpected Source of Sodium Increases Heart Attack Risk Michelle Schoffro Cook April 30, 2015 5:11 pm 73 comments

Cryo ablation for AF

Was told i was low risk but had two strokes

Change from NOAC's to Warfarin before ablation?

Increased hr

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