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@carculmer

Hi, new here. Have had AFib for years and last summer fleccainide stopped working and was put on amiodorone and told I needed an ablation. On a list for probably February. Had a “routine” echo two weeks ago that showed mild pulmonary artery hypertension. This is scary- dr has not gotten back to me yet about this. I’m wondering if the amiodorone is causing this??? (Also had a cat scan the same day and no results from that yet)

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gloaming | @gloaming | Dec 4 11:22am

Maybe. Maybe something else that is going on that amiodarone can't affect or has no 'encouraging' effect. Something that was already there, undetected, or would have appeared about now without the amiodarone....if you follow. There's no way to know unless they had purposefully assessed your PVH before prescribing the amio.

Obviously, with you now on amio, and with some mild PVH, your cardiologist/pulmonologist is going to keep a close eye, possibly requiring a monthly or bi-monthly assessment...or should.

Why not call and ask? If it were me, I'd be fully on top of what is coming down the pipe, be it prescribed or idiopathic.

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