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Isolated Atrial Fibrillation Episodes: Is Ablation a Good Fit?
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How is that burden rate determined? I’ve been on the eliquis 2 weeks now and notice other things (that I didn’t know were related) have stopped; like my eyes sometimes getting blurry, fingertips sometimes feeling decreased sensation, and odd headaches.
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The burden is calculated very simply: Avg No Beats/hr/Avg No Irregular Beats with the average computed using the entire data set, all hours you were on the monitor. The technical definition is 'the longest run of AF on any one day during a 30 day evaluation.' Well, nobody I know wears a Holter for 30 days, or lies on their back during a horribly long ECG somewhere. So the Holter is a best guess, but based solely on the 1-7 days that he/she is likely to be asked to wear one. The burden calculation is therefore always an extrapolation out to 30 days.
https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/CIR.0000000000000568
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I think it was determined by how many times I was in Afib for the 30 days I wore a Holter monitor. 30 days, 11 times = 2%. That’s interesting you’ve noticed improvements since taking the med.