Cardiologist said the diagnosis is…………..

Metoprolol under 24hr Heart Monitor measured 186bpm I was 1 year 6 months post stroke without being referred to a cardiologist or have a follow up after hospitalisation. Also it showed 2 sec pauses at night during my normally low H/R of 47avg bpm. Changed to Bisoprolol however this other BB showed 156 anf I was left there.
It was a CCB Diltiazem 120 CD mg early morning which controlled me down to 60s until afternoon and 80s after dropping the 2.5mg Bisoprolol.
Stopping Bisoprolol 2.5mg first down to 1.25 my PRO-BNP from 198 to 103 and further down to 89 now stopped. I have banned all BBs.
You need the correct med.
cheri JOY

Something I’ve said here before , the best doctors and surgeons are at the best University hospital . Do some research and get a second opinion Your situation sounds like something that should not be happening Be proactive . Find good doctors with great credentials. Best

I'll Endorse the statement offered above: Find Good Dr.'s with Great Credentials.
Another A-Fib patient "Checking-In".
The community where I live has a Medical School. When I was diagnosed by my G.P. with A-Fib he referred me to a Cardiologist at the Local Med. School. She saw me Once, Next time went in I was seen by a Physician Assistant. I asked about the Cardiologist I'd seen before, the P.A. said, "Oh, She Retired"! ( l Later learned that Cardiologist Left & moved to a bigger/better University Medical School).
Not so Short end to a long story, after 18 months of seeing ONLY Physician Assistants (4 to be exact, No More Cardiologists) I asked my G.P. if she could help me see one of the Cardiologists on appointments instead. She smiled & said, "Probably Not. You can either go upstairs & make "A Big Stink" or simply consider a move to Another Cardiology Practice in town. I did Just As She instructed. The New Cardiologist & I were getting along Very Well until she Referred me to one of their Cardiac Surgeons. On our Initial visit he URGED Me to have a Surgical Procedure, have "Watchman" put in. My "Gut Instincts" said NO! He Assured me 'sooner or later you're going to NEED This' After some-more discussion I agreed to have the preliminary test necessary, a 3-D Scan of my heart, however before I agreed I asked him to describe "In Exact & Minuet Detail What would be involved in having Just the Scan!" He "breezed thru" like it was little more than having a Polaroid taken"! WRONG. It turned out to be Horrible. The Isovue 370 injection - (Most Potent one they have for 3-D Scans) caused The Worst Reaction I've Ever Had, & I Don't mean since this whole "Freight-Train Wreck A-Fib diagnosis" began!
THAT WAS IT! "I'd HAD IT!" I stopped going to the cardio Practice. Stopped going to Dr.'s All Together! PERIOD. My Body Desperately Need A Rest. I absolutely HAD to let it "De-Tox" from ALL the Medications that had been Shoved at me over the past 2-1/2 years ... I felt like a Zombie!
Last Month my Daughter called, (She lives in a larger city 90 miles away) One of the Cardiology Practices near her home had Just been up-graded, now equal to Mayo & Cleveland Clinic, she suggested I call & make an Appt.
OK? I called That Same Day, booked an appt. to see one of their Cardiologists +- 2 weeks hence. I took all my Medical/Heart files along, dropped them off the day before, so when we Saw the Dr. he could reviewed what I'd already had, he Actually said I'd had More Tests than They Generally Ever order. Conclusion: Because I have such limited cholesterol in my system, scan's show practically NO Plaque floating around in my corotid arteries, he would put me in a .07 to .04% Risk percentile for a Stroke. IF I HAD Had the procedure the Cardiologist (at Home) was URGING, it would lower that Stroke Risk to .05 to .03%.
It's Up to Us. (& He Added, '& There are Always Other Risks involved in Having Procedures other than Stroke.' ) Would I Like to think about it or schedule a Procedure with them? It should lower my Risk of a Stroke .02%!
(Need I say it didn't take my daughter & I Long to agree ... "Thanks, but No Thanks." (He didn't say anything, just smiled & nodded approval.
As we were leaving he thanked us for coming in & asked if we would like to come back. He said he seldom sees 87 Yr. Olds in as good shape as me. The A-Fib is The Only thing I Am being treated for, & if this hadn't happened I would be phanominally Well for my Age. He added my Mentally Alertness at 87. "Whatever You're Doing, Keep It Up ... Hope To See You Again.
Oct. 28th we're going back.

I'll Endorse the statement offered above: Find Good Dr.'s with Great Credentials.
Another A-Fib patient "Checking-In".
The community where I live has a Medical School. When I was diagnosed by my G.P. with A-Fib he referred me to a Cardiologist at the Local Med. School. She saw me Once, Next time went in I was seen by a Physician Assistant. I asked about the Cardiologist I'd seen before, the P.A. said, "Oh, She Retired"! ( l Later learned that Cardiologist Left & moved to a bigger/better University Medical School).
Not so Short end to a long story, after 18 months of seeing ONLY Physician Assistants (4 to be exact, No More Cardiologists) I asked my G.P. if she could help me see one of the Cardiologists on appointments instead. She smiled & said, "Probably Not. You can either go upstairs & make "A Big Stink" or simply consider a move to Another Cardiology Practice in town. I did Just As She instructed. The New Cardiologist & I were getting along Very Well until she Referred me to one of their Cardiac Surgeons. On our Initial visit he URGED Me to have a Surgical Procedure, have "Watchman" put in. My "Gut Instincts" said NO! He Assured me 'sooner or later you're going to NEED This' After some-more discussion I agreed to have the preliminary test necessary, a 3-D Scan of my heart, however before I agreed I asked him to describe "In Exact & Minuet Detail What would be involved in having Just the Scan!" He "breezed thru" like it was little more than having a Polaroid taken"! WRONG. It turned out to be Horrible. The Isovue 370 injection - (Most Potent one they have for 3-D Scans) caused The Worst Reaction I've Ever Had, & I Don't mean since this whole "Freight-Train Wreck A-Fib diagnosis" began!
THAT WAS IT! "I'd HAD IT!" I stopped going to the cardio Practice. Stopped going to Dr.'s All Together! PERIOD. My Body Desperately Need A Rest. I absolutely HAD to let it "De-Tox" from ALL the Medications that had been Shoved at me over the past 2-1/2 years ... I felt like a Zombie!
Last Month my Daughter called, (She lives in a larger city 90 miles away) One of the Cardiology Practices near her home had Just been up-graded, now equal to Mayo & Cleveland Clinic, she suggested I call & make an Appt.
OK? I called That Same Day, booked an appt. to see one of their Cardiologists +- 2 weeks hence. I took all my Medical/Heart files along, dropped them off the day before, so when we Saw the Dr. he could reviewed what I'd already had, he Actually said I'd had More Tests than They Generally Ever order. Conclusion: Because I have such limited cholesterol in my system, scan's show practically NO Plaque floating around in my corotid arteries, he would put me in a .07 to .04% Risk percentile for a Stroke. IF I HAD Had the procedure the Cardiologist (at Home) was URGING, it would lower that Stroke Risk to .05 to .03%.
It's Up to Us. (& He Added, '& There are Always Other Risks involved in Having Procedures other than Stroke.' ) Would I Like to think about it or schedule a Procedure with them? It should lower my Risk of a Stroke .02%!
(Need I say it didn't take my daughter & I Long to agree ... "Thanks, but No Thanks." (He didn't say anything, just smiled & nodded approval.
As we were leaving he thanked us for coming in & asked if we would like to come back. He said he seldom sees 87 Yr. Olds in as good shape as me. The A-Fib is The Only thing I Am being treated for, & if this hadn't happened I would be phanominally Well for my Age. He added my Mentally Alertness at 87. "Whatever You're Doing, Keep It Up ... Hope To See You Again.
Oct. 28th we're going back.

I'll Endorse the statement offered above: Find Good Dr.'s with Great Credentials.
Another A-Fib patient "Checking-In".
The community where I live has a Medical School. When I was diagnosed by my G.P. with A-Fib he referred me to a Cardiologist at the Local Med. School. She saw me Once, Next time went in I was seen by a Physician Assistant. I asked about the Cardiologist I'd seen before, the P.A. said, "Oh, She Retired"! ( l Later learned that Cardiologist Left & moved to a bigger/better University Medical School).
Not so Short end to a long story, after 18 months of seeing ONLY Physician Assistants (4 to be exact, No More Cardiologists) I asked my G.P. if she could help me see one of the Cardiologists on appointments instead. She smiled & said, "Probably Not. You can either go upstairs & make "A Big Stink" or simply consider a move to Another Cardiology Practice in town. I did Just As She instructed. The New Cardiologist & I were getting along Very Well until she Referred me to one of their Cardiac Surgeons. On our Initial visit he URGED Me to have a Surgical Procedure, have "Watchman" put in. My "Gut Instincts" said NO! He Assured me 'sooner or later you're going to NEED This' After some-more discussion I agreed to have the preliminary test necessary, a 3-D Scan of my heart, however before I agreed I asked him to describe "In Exact & Minuet Detail What would be involved in having Just the Scan!" He "breezed thru" like it was little more than having a Polaroid taken"! WRONG. It turned out to be Horrible. The Isovue 370 injection - (Most Potent one they have for 3-D Scans) caused The Worst Reaction I've Ever Had, & I Don't mean since this whole "Freight-Train Wreck A-Fib diagnosis" began!
THAT WAS IT! "I'd HAD IT!" I stopped going to the cardio Practice. Stopped going to Dr.'s All Together! PERIOD. My Body Desperately Need A Rest. I absolutely HAD to let it "De-Tox" from ALL the Medications that had been Shoved at me over the past 2-1/2 years ... I felt like a Zombie!
Last Month my Daughter called, (She lives in a larger city 90 miles away) One of the Cardiology Practices near her home had Just been up-graded, now equal to Mayo & Cleveland Clinic, she suggested I call & make an Appt.
OK? I called That Same Day, booked an appt. to see one of their Cardiologists +- 2 weeks hence. I took all my Medical/Heart files along, dropped them off the day before, so when we Saw the Dr. he could reviewed what I'd already had, he Actually said I'd had More Tests than They Generally Ever order. Conclusion: Because I have such limited cholesterol in my system, scan's show practically NO Plaque floating around in my corotid arteries, he would put me in a .07 to .04% Risk percentile for a Stroke. IF I HAD Had the procedure the Cardiologist (at Home) was URGING, it would lower that Stroke Risk to .05 to .03%.
It's Up to Us. (& He Added, '& There are Always Other Risks involved in Having Procedures other than Stroke.' ) Would I Like to think about it or schedule a Procedure with them? It should lower my Risk of a Stroke .02%!
(Need I say it didn't take my daughter & I Long to agree ... "Thanks, but No Thanks." (He didn't say anything, just smiled & nodded approval.
As we were leaving he thanked us for coming in & asked if we would like to come back. He said he seldom sees 87 Yr. Olds in as good shape as me. The A-Fib is The Only thing I Am being treated for, & if this hadn't happened I would be phanominally Well for my Age. He added my Mentally Alertness at 87. "Whatever You're Doing, Keep It Up ... Hope To See You Again.
Oct. 28th we're going back.

Thank You So Much, & Bless You.

I am 73 y/o man, just happened to one day tell my PCP that while I was at work as a mental health therapist my heart rate had accelerated to 130 bpm and continued all day, but I was able to work, undisturbed, focused and then at the end of the work day the hr returned to normal. I have had similar experiences MAYBE 3 times in my whole life. My PCP referred me to a cardiologist just to be on the safe side. I went through some tests - STress test, echocardiogram, EKG and at the end of the day had a holter monitor put on my and was told to wear it for 7 days. I went home, read the instructions to press the red button if I notice anything in my chest going on. An hour after I got home from the testing (which wore me out - tired) I noticed my HR going up and it kept going - up from 90 bpm to around 130. I got a call almost immediately from God knows who, telling me she was monitoring the activity of the monitor -with an emergency code blue TONE IN HER VOICE "You have AFIB and I CALLED IN A PRESCRIPTION YOU NEED TO TAKE FOR YOUR PROTECTION! That bothered me - scared me. Then I remembered: Because I was told the day before to stop all use of propranolol, I had an aha moment, realizing for 36 hours I had not taken it! (btw if had been rx 30 years ago only for migraine prophylaxis). So I took my propranolol and within a few minutes my hr reduced to normal, thank goodness, right? Anyway , went to the followup and that is when I felt I was treated like a lab rat and the cardiologist only reviewed the results on the computer screen. No eye to eye, no empathy, reassurance or asking if I had questions - just kept telling the nurse what to type, including "AFIB". Then he walked out of the room as he told the nurse to tell me to take xarelto and amodirone (sp?). Nurse asked me to pick up the rx and I refused due to have been scared sh*tless of the side effects, and i was not yet convinced I had AFIB. I am going to a second opinion with all my printed results in hand. For the heck of it I asked my pharmacist how much the xarelto cost and it was $1750 for 3 month supply. Big pharma is not my friend. I have medicare advantage. Even at a discount it is not affordable. What do middle class and other income limited/deprived people do? So I am needing to trust aspirin and propranolol. How many others have gone through similar experiences? Please weigh in.