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Timing on return of fib after being shocked
My heart was shocked yesterday and is now beating nicely in sinus rhythm, but after researching I see that it's probable that my heart will go back into fib again. It had to be shocked because it was beating at 120bpm resting. I'm about ready to take a 4 day road trip and don't want it to go back to fib while I'm driving. How long did it take forAfib to set in after your heart was shocked?
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Yep headed in the shock direction. Started Eliquis waiting for Metroprol and in about 30 day or so they will ask me to touch these two wires to my tongue 😜.
First time a few months, the second 7 days.
My first shock is coming up in a few weeks so I will try and remember and check back in.
My husband has been shocked 7 times in 10 years and he has had 3 ablations. His first ablation lasted about a year. He went back into a-fib and had a 2nd ablation. He went back into a-fib a couple months after his 2nd ablation. His cardiologist said the heart can go back into a-fib during the first 3 months after an ablation while the heart is still healing. He was shocked again and that lasted about a year. He had a 3rd ablation in March and is still in normal sinus rhythm. His cardiologist will not do more than 3 ablations so if he goes back into a-fib he will have to get another cardioversion or a pacemaker. Bottom line, on average his cardioversions lasted anywhere from a few months to a year and the ablations lasted about a year before a-fib returned. He had less a-fib episodes after he gave up alcohol and caffeine and began exercising regularly.