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I do not agree you to have take blood thinners the rest of your life. Maybe if you are 85. You didn't say how old you are or how long ago you had an a cardioversion. I had Aflutter and only used aspirin after a cardioversion. Then after increasing Aflutters I had an Aflutter ablation in 2012 and it has never reoccured. Aflutter ablations have a very high rate of cure: in the 99% range. Years later I developed Afib. I was warned about afib after the Aflutter Ablation. That said I came off blood thinners about 9 months after the aflutter ablation.
Years later I have had my go around with Afib and had to restart blood thinners when I began to having events. I had an Afib ablation in 2019. A year later I came off blood thinner. I had a couple of brief episodes of Afb over the next couple of years which required short term use of blood thinner. Then afib became more problematic in 2014 and I had to return to blood thinners. I just had my 2nd Afib ablation in Sept 2024. But it is way too soon to think about coming off blood thinners. I am still healing. I'll discuss it with the doc down the road. I am 77 and have a great doc.

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I'm glad you have a great doctor that really helps a lot in your confidence level and how you feel positively. It sounds like you're afib comes back when you stop the blood thinner is there a problem with the blood thinner