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hi had this operation last week and heart was fine for five days but yesterday started to go slow and fast . Is this normal after operation whilst heart heals

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Yes, completely normal until your heart has had time to heal and form scar tissue to block the rogue pulses. It sometimes takes 3 months to see an improvement, some people report that for them they were still improving up to a year after an ablation.

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thank you was panicking that it hadn’t work

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thank you feel a bit more reassured now I know it’s normal whilst heart healing

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