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Ceasing Apixaban

I am due for knee joint replacement surgery. Can anyone relate their experience with stopping and starting Apixaban before and after the operation. I also take...

I am due for knee joint replacement surgery. Can anyone relate their experience ...

johnkeithdowning

•2 months ago

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Update and Plan

Well, I feel pretty good about my EP appt. today. He was really succinct about a plan, goals, and end game. So he has proposed in ascending order, four...

Well, I feel pretty good about my EP appt. today. He was really succinct about a...

MeganMN

•2 months ago

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Ablations history

Hello I wanted to share my history I was initially diagnosed with svt in 2021 Then in October 2022 I went for RF ablation. (Antwerp Belgium) During the...

Hello I wanted to share my history I was initially diagnosed with svt in 2021...

Unik

•2 months ago

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accidental overdose,

has anyone taken too many sotalol, I felt unwell with extreme heat ,legs like jelly and breathless, Later realised I had taken 4x80 mg of sotalol instead of...

has anyone taken too many sotalol, I felt unwell with extreme heat ,legs like je...

Hatten28

•2 months ago

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Ablation recovery period

Hello all, I'm booked in for my first ablation for Afib on 25th March. If all goes well, should I be well enough to travel in the UK for a short break...

Hello all, I'm booked in for my first ablation for Afib on 25th March. If all go...

Tab1966

•2 months ago

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There is still time to register for our Patient Day in Baltimore, taking place on Saturday March 02?

📣 Speaker highlight! Professor David Spragg from Johns Hopkins Hospital will be talking about ‘Treatment of AF with Antiarrhythmic Drugs and/or Catheter...

📣 Speaker highlight! Professor David Spragg from Johns Hopkins Hospital will...

TracyAdmin

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Pressure on mid back causing AF to come on.

I was diagnosed with af maybe 4 years ago. Because mefications made me unwell i was finally fitted with a pacemaker in prepation for AV node ablation. Once...

I was diagnosed with af maybe 4 years ago. Because mefications made me unwell i...

Alphakiwi

•2 months ago

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Mini maze

Hi everybody can you have a mini maze if you've had 3 ablations which have caused intensive scarring of the heart or does that rule you out I'm looking at...

Hi everybody can you have a mini maze if you've had 3 ablations which have caus...

Steveh6874

•2 months ago

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will ablation stop my paroxysmal af

I have had three episodes of af over the past 15 years. Two caused by alcohol over indulgence and one I don’t know the cause. Two were within three weeks of...

I have had three episodes of af over the past 15 years. Two caused by alcohol ov...

Nantoone

•2 months ago

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Scan results

got af in august and lv was 35 percent.finally had mri results been waiting since November. It says ejection fraction is 51 percent what does this mean ....

got af in august and lv was 35 percent.finally had mri results been waiting sinc...

Jarvo977

•2 months ago

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anxious

I had my first attack in nov 2016 and went into total panic as no one really explained what afib was and I was convinced I was about to die ..I had maybe a few...

I had my first attack in nov 2016 and went into total panic as no one really exp...

Sarwags

•2 months ago

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48 hours after 2nd ablation and so many irregular heartbeats and af

Feeling very very disheartened. 48 hours after my 2nd ablation under GA and my heart is all over the place , I feel sick and generally unwell . I know to...

Feeling very very disheartened. 48 hours after my 2nd ablation under GA and my...

Sunnyann

•2 months ago

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Asymptomatic

Hi - I have AFib and am on anticoagulants and heart rate medication. The thing is I never feel any palpitations of the usual symptoms of AF. My condition was...

Hi - I have AFib and am on anticoagulants and heart rate medication. The thing ...

VimtoLover

•2 months ago

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afib information

I normally go into AFib when heart rate 160 plus but this morning gone into AFib at 45 to 50 beats per minute is this normal? I just thought high rate caused...

I normally go into AFib when heart rate 160 plus but this morning gone into AFib...

layla3

•2 months ago

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Misdiagnosis

I am reasonably new to this site and have found it incredibly useful and informative. However, I recently received a bombshell, in that I have possibly been...

I am reasonably new to this site and have found it incredibly useful and informa...

Maglyn

•2 months ago

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Vein A Marshall

I have had 3 unsuccessful ablations and will be having a VOM on March 5th. My Afib is considered to be serious because of recent stroke with it… Has anyone had...

I have had 3 unsuccessful ablations and will be having a VOM on March 5th. My Af...

SwayzeCrazy7777

•2 months ago

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continuous AF ?

hi everybody, I’m 63 and have always kept myself pretty fit and healthy. I’m 5’8’ and 10 stone.I lead an active life, running around my little farm place,...

hi everybody, I’m 63 and have always kept myself pretty fit and healthy. I’m 5’8...

Canteringon

•2 months ago

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Beta blockers making me feel awful after 13 yrs ?

hello can anyone advise please I have paramoxol af , have had 2 ablations, and treating a bit they couldn’t do at the time with meds , flecinide 50 mg ,...

hello can anyone advise please I have paramoxol af , have had 2 ablations, and...

Prosecco1997

•2 months ago

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Pacs, Please Go Away !

Had my second ablation for atrial flutter back in September , first ablation was in 2016 for afib, that ablation worked for almost seven years. Have been...

Had my second ablation for atrial flutter back in September , first ablation was...

Brian147

•2 months ago

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Mini- Maze vs Catheter Ablation

hi everyone I’m due to go back to Cardiologist this week. Some of you great people had responded to someone’s question about how the mini maze works on the...

hi everyone I’m due to go back to Cardiologist this week. Some of you great peop...

OzJames

•2 months ago

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new to AFib

Hi, Last week I spent the night in hospital with AFib. I came home with 2 sorts of medication (beta blockers and blood thinners). It was a very scary process...

Hi, Last week I spent the night in hospital with AFib. I came home with 2 sorts ...

Wilky57

•2 months ago

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AF versus SVT

On my first incident of very high pulse rate 8 years ago I was diagnosed with AF and perscribed Metaprolol. One year later I had another episode of high pulse...

On my first incident of very high pulse rate 8 years ago I was diagnosed with AF...

Duranta

•2 months ago

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AF and SVT

What’s the difference between AF and SVT?

Duranta

•3 months ago

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Ectopics when I move

Hi,I am a 60 year old female . Had ablation for AF 7 years ago and have since had ventricular ectopic beats since which are really getting me down. Seem to...

Hi,I am a 60 year old female . Had ablation for AF 7 years ago and have since ha...

Jipjip

•3 months ago

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New in the group.

Hello eveyones. I ve been diagnosticted with Afib one year ago. Now im under Xarelto (low dose) and metoprolol. It work; but time to time I still have...

Hello eveyones. I ve been diagnosticted with Afib one year ago. Now im under Xar...

Skyly

•3 months ago

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Increased BP after ablation

Had rf ablation on 1/31. Since then I've noticed a significant increase in BP. The EP said there is no connection, but various websites indicate it's not...

Had rf ablation on 1/31. Since then I've noticed a significant increase in BP. T...

karrog

•3 months ago

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Chest pain after viscous bout of Afib?

Hi,70 year old male here. Two recent ablations. Last on was three years ago. Afib clear until Monday just gone. Noticed lots of pvc's during Sunday night....

Hi,70 year old male here. Two recent ablations. Last on was three years ago. Afi...

Graham194

•3 months ago

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royal Papworth ablation

hi all. Anyone had an ablation at papworth ? How was the experience? Which ep ? Was it the pulse field ablation Thanks

hi all. Anyone had an ablation at papworth ? How was the experience? Which ep ?...

Lenlec

•3 months ago

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Very low blood pressure

Hi again, I went for a recorder loop implant today, which I was quite relaxed in doing. I did go by taxi just in case, but felt quite unsteady in walking to...

Hi again, I went for a recorder loop implant today, which I was quite relaxed ...

Quovadisuk

•3 months ago

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Covid and the heart presentation

Here is a link to a Fb post that came my way to a presentation on the effects of Covid on the heart. My AF was drastically increased by Covid 19 infection. I...

Here is a link to a Fb post that came my way to a presentation on the effects of...

Letofeyd

•3 months ago

22 Replies

Posts - Atrial Fibrillation Support | HealthUnlocked

Atrial Fibrillation Support

All posts for February 2024

Ceasing Apixaban

Update and Plan

Ablations history

accidental overdose,

Ablation recovery period

There is still time to register for our Patient Day in Baltimore, taking place on Saturday March 02?

Pressure on mid back causing AF to come on.

Mini maze

will ablation stop my paroxysmal af

Scan results

anxious

48 hours after 2nd ablation and so many irregular heartbeats and af

Asymptomatic

afib information

Misdiagnosis

Vein A Marshall

continuous AF ?

Beta blockers making me feel awful after 13 yrs ?

Pacs, Please Go Away !

Mini- Maze vs Catheter Ablation

new to AFib

AF versus SVT

AF and SVT

Ectopics when I move

New in the group.

Increased BP after ablation

Chest pain after viscous bout of Afib?

royal Papworth ablation

Very low blood pressure

Covid and the heart presentation

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