Sorry to hear you’ve had a set back. I had the same thing happen at 2 weeks post op. I had a chemical Cardioversion where they loaded me with Amiodarone intravenously. I went straight back to normal heart rate and didn’t need the shock treatment planned. Thankfully for me after 6 weeks of tablet Amiodarone and Warfarin it settled and has not reappeared. I get the odd flutter but nothing compared to that awful AF.
I was told it’s a common side effect of such invasive surgery.
Good luck hope they get you sorted quickly and back home with your family .
I had two episodes of AF before I left hospital. The first I knew nothing about as I was still in surgery so was told about later. The 2nd was 2 days post surgery. My heart rate raced up to 150 plus (170 max if I recall correctly now). I was given Amiodarone immediately and put on a course of potassium (you drink it and there are better tasting drinks!) for a few days. It was transient but scary as hell at the time. I learnt later that it is actually quite common to get AF after heart surgery - not that that is in itself particularly reassuring. Fingers crossed you'll be fine and as you say, this is just a little hiccup.
While i was waiting to be discharged post Bypass I suffered AF. they put me on Amiodarone which seemed to do the trick. They later took me off it as I was reacting to the sun but the AF didn't return. as the others have said, I think it is a common occurrence after surgery.
Hi there I hope you're feeling better today and have managed to do a little more than yesterday..keep positive and I look forwards to reading more of your posts.
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