That loop shape allows for single-shot ablation, which is the delivery of energy across multiple parts of the pulmonary vein for a procedure that can be simpler and faster. That tissue-selective energy kills cardiac myocytes to block irregular heart signals that cause AFib, but spares phren...
How Do I Find the Right Treatment for My Atrial Fibrillation? The goal of treatment is to stop or decrease your atrial fibrillation and your atrial fibrillation symptoms. Talk to your atrial fibrillation treatment provider if you have been treated but you: Still have atrial fibrillation sympto...
About half of people who have electrical cardioversion get AFib again. So doctors sometimes prescribe medications called anti-arrhythmics to help keep your heartbeat regular. You'll need to check in with your doctor often, because they can cause side effects including heart rhythm problems. Ablat...
Recovery from heart ablation surgery typically takes about 1 week. Discomfort or soreness in the area where the catheter was inserted is normal.
So after a few weeks, we decided to go for the ablation. Prior to that, I had to get that CT scan, which is done with contrast, and feels really weird when they inject it. I also had to get a small device called animplantable loop recorderinjected into my left breast which does mu...
You’ll also hear AFib termed as anarrhythmia. You can see the word “rhythm” within the latter word, and as the whole word, it means the rhythm of the heart is not normal. For example, the two upper chambers of the heart can beat out of coordination with the two lower chambers of...
Use of iECG in this setting could prevent unnecessary visits to the hospital for cardioversion if sinus rhythm is restored prior to arrival [9]. Similarly, it could help identify the rhythm of patients who are coming in for catheter ablation and allow early determination regarding the need for...
While it is well documented that in most cases PVCs are benign, they are still an uncomfortable nuisance. However if you are like me, you have probably looked all over the web forhow to cure PVCs natually, but found very little. Most of the documentation out there only talks about avoidin...
plus it seems to take away the tiredness I can sometimes feel on my face (not so much the look, but my face feels tired… surely someone else knows that feeling, haha!). It also is a great way to get more creative and do something that’s more abstract, which I find helps me th...
heart that's misfiring. They'll destroy the tissue there by heating or freezing it. Depending on what kind of ablation you have, you may need a pacemaker, too. Sometimes it takes more than one ablation for it to work, but it can get rid of the atrial fibrillation when it is a ...