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Cardiac ablation with sedation

Hi, having a cardio version next tues and have been told will be having sedation, this has spooked me as I assume I will be awake, could anyone who has had...

Hi, having a cardio version next tues and have been told will be having sedation...

Lesleyray

•3 years ago

30 Replies

Flecainide for AF

how to stop taking feclainide safely?

cloudday

•3 years ago

29 Replies

Bisoprolol fumarate with possible AF and raised blood pressure

I was perscribed 1.25mg Bisoprolol fumarate due to possible AF and raised blood pressure. My blood pressure at the surgery was 150/91 with heart rate of 80. I...

I was perscribed 1.25mg Bisoprolol fumarate due to possible AF and raised blood...

carer999

•3 years ago

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Return of the Duck - The Sequel

Quack!!! Run for the hills, the duck is back. 10 week post ablation update. Apologies for being awol but hubby has been spending more time on the laptop, which...

Quack!!! Run for the hills, the duck is back. 10 week post ablation update. Apol...

Ducky2003

•3 years ago

39 Replies

Calcitonin

Hello, has anyone read the study about calcitonin and Afib? I would like to know if doctors are already treating Afib with this hormone. Thank you!

Hello, has anyone read the study about calcitonin and Afib? I would like to know...

MTB23

•3 years ago

3 Replies

Worried

Good morning everybody. Am waiting for a call from my GP after calling 111 earlier, as when I woke up this morning, my right thumb was and still is, dark...

Good morning everybody. Am waiting for a call from my GP after calling 111 earli...

Wightbaby

•3 years ago

41 Replies

Atrial fibrillation

Good morning, has anyone had an ablation ? If so did it work for u ? Thank u Michelle

Good morning, has anyone had an ablation ? If so did it work for u ? Thank u M...

shellbyshoo43

•3 years ago

44 Replies

COVID Jab - WPWS - ectopic heart beat

Has anyone had the COVID jab after recovering from a heart ablation for WPWS and a Ectopic heart beat? If so how have they been? Side effects or reoccurring...

Has anyone had the COVID jab after recovering from a heart ablation for WPWS and...

CoachSteve

•3 years ago

3 Replies

Verapamil and alcahol?

Got a wedding comming up Saturday.. Just wondering can I drink alcahol while on verapamil 120mg?

Got a wedding comming up Saturday.. Just wondering can I drink alcahol while on ...

Dpc2019

•3 years ago

16 Replies

Big belly

I’m going in for an ablation on July 22 to try to alleviate premature ventricular contractions. My only concern is that I am overweight with most of that...

I’m going in for an ablation on July 22 to try to alleviate premature ventricula...

Modog

•3 years ago

5 Replies

Will I develop AFib if I have sleep apnea?

Does being diagnosed with sleep apnea automatically mean I will have AFib? Super anxious here. I’m 19 and awaiting on a sleep apnea test in July. Don’t know...

Does being diagnosed with sleep apnea automatically mean I will have AFib? Supe...

RemiTravillian

•3 years ago

6 Replies

What does Afib feel like

This might sound daft but I don't really know what it feels like. What I feel now is very different to what I felt prior to my diagnosis and pacemaker fitted....

This might sound daft but I don't really know what it feels like. What I feel no...

tabletphobic

•3 years ago

63 Replies

Afib

My resting heart rate is mid 40s should I cut my amiodarone in half?

Rambler747

•3 years ago

7 Replies

Awaiting ablation at Hammersmith

Hi everyone still on waiting list for ablation been told it’s about 15 months been waiting more than a year now still getting episodes of AF and ventricular...

Hi everyone still on waiting list for ablation been told it’s about 15 months be...

Johnw

•3 years ago

5 Replies

Newly diagnosed. Is this normal?

Hi all, Apologies for long post but I’m worried. Recently diagnosed with afib after trip to A&E. was already on waiting list to see cardiologist (9 month...

Hi all, Apologies for long post but I’m worried. Recently diagnosed with afib af...

widgetcook

•3 years ago

13 Replies

Propafenone and Carvedilol

I’ve been prescribed Propafenone alongside my Carvedilol. I have PAF and ventricular ectopics. I tried flecanide and had a bad reaction so that was stopped ....

I’ve been prescribed Propafenone alongside my Carvedilol. I have PAF and ventric...

kalgs

•3 years ago

15 Replies

various b blockers

For you I would like some opinions about their b blockers I started for a feeling of pulses and palpitations 120 per minute that started after periods of work...

For you I would like some opinions about their b blockers I started for a feelin...

Giorgos1973

•3 years ago

12 Replies

Apixaban+Aspirin -v- Clopidogrel

Condition: Atrial Fibrillation + unstable Angina; has bare metal stents; aged 94. Long-term NOAC Apixaban+Aspirin was recommended by hospital Consultant after...

Condition: Atrial Fibrillation + unstable Angina; has bare metal stents; aged 94...

Hidden

•3 years ago

1 Reply

Anyone that has been diagnosed in their 20s/30s with afib?

Hey! It seems like quite a big community here so I hope you don’t mind me asking (and sorry for my any mistakes - not a native English speaker). Is here anyone...

Hey! It seems like quite a big community here so I hope you don’t mind me asking...

Irev83

•3 years ago

13 Replies

Dapagliflozin low blood sugar

Dapagliflozin I have recently been put on this I seem to get hypoglycemic in the evenings if im active For example i was camping this weekend and felt...

Dapagliflozin I have recently been put on this I seem to get hypoglycemic in...

Jamse

•3 years ago

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Forgot to take my Flecainide - no adverse reaction

I usually take 200mgs/day Flecainide, the only drug I take. Yesterday for the 3rd time in 7 years I forgot to take one of x2 100gms. On the first occasion I...

I usually take 200mgs/day Flecainide, the only drug I take. Yesterday for the 3r...

secondtry

•3 years ago

3 Replies

Just 40mg. daily for PAF. Effective?

Diagnosed with PAF three years ago, I was just switched from 150 mg. Flecainide daily to first 40mg. Sotolol twice daily a week ago because the Flec had...

Diagnosed with PAF three years ago, I was just switched from 150 mg. Flecainide ...

willec49

•3 years ago

12 Replies

Where can I get 1 to 1 support as afib has drastically affected my QOL on a daily basis

Hi all Does anyone know of any 1 to 1 emotional support available to help me through this ...my QOL is being really affected 6 months into afib diagnosis...

Hi all Does anyone know of any 1 to 1 emotional support available to help me thr...

Suntanann

•3 years ago

66 Replies

Rivaroxaban confusion

I am taking 20mg of Rivaroxaban each day because I had an episode of atrial fibrillation. I take it at breakfast time because that is the only fixed mealtime...

I am taking 20mg of Rivaroxaban each day because I had an episode of atrial fibr...

JK5AEO

•3 years ago

37 Replies

What next

Hi, Was diagnosed with Afib back in January 2020, had a kardioversion in October 2020 which unfortunately failed On apixban 10mg and 10mg biosopal Dailey 4...

Hi, Was diagnosed with Afib back in January 2020, had a kardioversion in October...

Andy-f

•3 years ago

13 Replies

AFIB ENQUIRY

Good morning. I have been on healthunlocked for a couple of years,I have SVT, mitral valve prolapse and first degree heart block. My daughter bought me a...

Good morning. I have been on healthunlocked for a couple of years,I have SVT,...

Hidden

•3 years ago

15 Replies

Has ablation “failed”?

I had a cryo ablation in November, my history was 2 episodes of very marked AF four years earlier then in August/September 4 more, weekly. All my episodes...

I had a cryo ablation in November, my history was 2 episodes of very marked AF ...

Hidden

•3 years ago

26 Replies

Chadvs score and hereditary conditions

Can someone explain why there is no points added if someone in your family has had a stroke when doing the score My mum had a TIA aged 59 then she was...

Can someone explain why there is no points added if someone in your family has h...

mjm1971

•3 years ago

18 Replies

AV Node Ablation

80 years old in Sept and still plagued by afib. Pacemaker fitted in May 2021 and awaiting next step which I’m sure will be AV node ablation – last stop saloon!...

80 years old in Sept and still plagued by afib. Pacemaker fitted in May 2021 and...

Caratacus

•3 years ago

4 Replies

Can I not choose rate control?

Currently on 200mg flecainide and 5 mg of bisoprolol for PAF, last episode 4 months ago. For the last ten weeks I have been getting a lot of heart activity ie...

Currently on 200mg flecainide and 5 mg of bisoprolol for PAF, last episode 4 mon...

Rhiannonimity1

•3 years ago

9 Replies

Posts - Atrial Fibrillation Support | HealthUnlocked

Atrial Fibrillation Support

All posts for June 2021

Cardiac ablation with sedation

Flecainide for AF

Bisoprolol fumarate with possible AF and raised blood pressure

Return of the Duck - The Sequel

Calcitonin

Worried

Atrial fibrillation

COVID Jab - WPWS - ectopic heart beat

Verapamil and alcahol?

Big belly

Will I develop AFib if I have sleep apnea?

What does Afib feel like

Afib

Awaiting ablation at Hammersmith

Newly diagnosed. Is this normal?

Propafenone and Carvedilol

various b blockers

Apixaban+Aspirin -v- Clopidogrel

Anyone that has been diagnosed in their 20s/30s with afib?

Dapagliflozin low blood sugar

Forgot to take my Flecainide - no adverse reaction

Just 40mg. daily for PAF. Effective?

Where can I get 1 to 1 support as afib has drastically affected my QOL on a daily basis

Rivaroxaban confusion

What next

AFIB ENQUIRY

Has ablation “failed”?

Chadvs score and hereditary conditions

AV Node Ablation

Can I not choose rate control?

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