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I am interested in other people‘s experience with exercise with a fib

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I had paroxysmal afib for over 2 years, resulting in several trips to the ER along with one cardioversion (not pleasant). Exercise did not seem to be a trigger , neither was caffeine. I think my AF is/was mostly stress induced plus not getting proper sleep (sleep apnea can be a contributing factor). I was not comfortable managing it with meds. I didn't want to wait until my Afib got worse so I recently had PF ablation. It's too soon to know whether my ablation was a complete success. I am experiencing PVCs, which I was told to expect during the ablation "blanking period". We shall see...

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gloaming | @gloaming | Feb 8 12:16pm

Yes, to all you have posted. Note, please, that if you have short runs of ectopy during the blanking period, you should hope to have them earlier rather than later. The research suggests that the prognosis is poorer for those whose ectopy doesn't return until after, say, Week 5 or 6. You want the ectopy gone by about Week 5.

Also, the latest paper I saw shows that both radio frequency ablation (RFA) and pulsed field ablation (PFA) have exactly the same outcome frequency, that being about 75% success for a first ablation. PFA is somewhat safer for the pulmonary veins, and the Vagus and phrenic nerves, and for the esophagus.

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