Cardioversion

[Sam1954]

Hi. I’m going for cardioversion next week.

Has anyone out there had it done and did it work?

[Dockdog]

Hi, I had Cardioversion due to my Heart racing out of control while awaiting a pericardiectomy. It took three attempts to get it back in stability but since then and post the main operation a year later has not misbehaved again. I am on a low dose bumetadine to keep it under control plus aspirin daily. So good luck, Iam sure you will be fine.

[Sam1954 in reply to Dockdog]

Thankyou. I’m glad you are feeling better too.

[Sam1954 in reply to Dockdog]

Thankyou. Glad you are feeling better.

[ILowe]

Come over to the sister forum for Atrial Fibrillation. There are loads of posts there. You will find a lot of people have had it and almost all are positive about the experience.

I have had electrical cardioversion twice.

[Zac11]

I had one just before Christmas. It worked after one shock and, touch wood, my heart is still back in rhythm. For the month before the cv I was put on Amiodarone, which is supposed to help the procedure work, and was left on it until a further echocardiogram could be arranged to see what my heart was doing once back in rhythm, after which I was taken off it. Cv just involves a short, 5 minute anaesthetic and then they hook you up to monitors while you recover to check you're OK to go home. It's nothing much, so nothing to worry about. Good luck.

[Sam1954 in reply to Zac11]

Thankyou. So glad it worked for you.

[Shar28]

Hi, my husband needed one after surgery. Amiodarone didn’t work for him, so it was off for a cardiversion. Afterwards he said he didn’t know why he was worrying about it beforehand. Hope this helps.

[Sam1954 in reply to Shar28]

Hi. I hope he feels better now. And thanks.

[TinCool]

I've had 3 electrical cardioversions for racing AF. One 6 years ago, one last September and one in January. All have been successful. The last two were since a burst appendix in August. My cardiologist suggested they kicked off as a result of that incident. Since January and have been in NSR since. I'm currently taking 2.5mg of bisoprolol daily to keep things calm. I'm male 42.

[Sam1954]

I had it done three weeks ago. Straight forward procedure and there is nothing to worry about.

Mine was only successful for four days though.