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Hi everyone. I'm Gael, a 73 year old woman with a long history of irregular heartbeat, apparently due to aortiv valve regurgitation. I also have hypertension and am taking three medications for it. That said, I have not seen a cardiologist in over five years because my husband and I were caring for my bedbound mother. She died a year ago and then my dear husband died a month later. I am thinking of going to the Mayo clinic nearest me to get all of this checked out. The arrythmia causes me panic attacks and makes it nearly impossible to do the things I want and need to do in life. Does anyone have similar experience? Is there anything that can definitively be done to make life easier with this condition? Thank you for any perspective on this.
Gael
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I am 76. Had irregular heartbeat. Caused by caffeine as some people are extremely sensitive to it. If you are consuming ANY coffee, colas, chocolate, Mountain Dew etc. If you stop, it very well take care of it shortly.
Hypertension can be alleviated by diet. My guess is, you eat too much meat, cheese and other dairy. I take no meds for anything.
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Have you had an ECG showing the arrhythmia? Have you consulted a cardiologist? Are you on a DOAC (Direct Oral Anti-Coagulant)? You should avail yourself of all three immediately if your answer is no to any of them. Please consult a cardiologist right away. You don't want your heart's substrate, the underlying tissue, to begin remodeling itself due to the persistent AF. It makes AF much harder to treat, and it invites a progression toward mitral valve prolapse and more fibrosis, but it also invites heart failure, or heart insufficiency.