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Cardiologist doubled my metoprolol to treat PVC
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Hi @gloaming,
Thank you so much for the information you shared. This issue is hard for me to make sense of and your explanation is helping to clarify the big picture. I also appreciate your comment on the doom-laden term 'heart failure'. And further input about living many years which I hope too at age 69, turning 70 this summer.
I am currently looking for an EP. And, yes I would drive two days away if I could get in to see the proper doctors! I am originally from WI. My husband and I were going to spend the month of July in Rochester, MN this summer to escape the TX heat. But because of my arrhythmia issue we canceled our plans. Currently, I am attempting to get an appointment with a different EP in Austin or Houston, but I am waiting for a call back. Maybe I should have kept the plans for Minnesota and tried to see a doctor there. Here, in TX it takes about a month to get an appointment.
I do have another question. How do you go about finding the best cardiologists and best EPs? I went to TCA (Texas Cardiac Arrhythmia, supposedly world renown) in Austin and had two ablations done and neither one worked more than two weeks. The doctor I had in Austin was highly recommended by several people I knew. (I guess that situation is similar to what happened to you. Sometimes they just don't work) Anyway, if you know how I can find out about a doctor who specializes in lower chamber ablations please let me know.
I do appreciate your sharing. Thanks for listening to my ongoing search for a remedy to this problem. It's complicated.
Thank you.
Ruthie
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You have seen Dr. Natale, then? He is about the best there is. However, even he has his failures, regrettably. He often has to do a touchup ablation, and warns his patients when he sees them after his first crack at them in the surgery if he suspects they'll have to come back for a 'cleanup', or for a Watchman implant. I would suggest going back. He's extremely competent. The only other I know of is Dr, Santangeli at Cleveland Clinic, also a crackerjack EP. I don't know of others in the top drawer, but there must be some. The only other world-renowned EP, and he taught Natale, is Dr. Pierre Jais in Bordeaux, Fr.
It's not exactly a perfect plum or a warm peach to grasp at, but if worse comes to the worst, and nobody can fix your particular cardiology, you can always have a pacemaker implanted.