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I think you’re correct that nothing cures AFIB. I have a pacemaker and am on meds but Doc says I will still have episodes but should not be too bad. Have had pacemaker since May and have had one bad episode of AFIB that lasted for a week off & on, in July. Totally wore me out. Changed my blood thinner and blood pressure meds this week. So I’ll see how that goes. I guess it’s just something we have to learn to live with.
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My cardiologist said it won't get rid of AF but the Pacemaker will help.
Today I've been quite breathless but I've had a big week last week looking
after my younger sister who's had a pacemaker defibrilator and Synchroniser
installed two weeks ago. Her hubby was away so big sis stepped in. I get
very tired these days. Go for my first Pacemaker check on Monday. Prob know
more then. Early days. I hope you don't have too many episodes take care.
Annette
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There is currently no cure for AF. There are remedies, but no cure. Once the cardiac substrate is disordered, and once there are cells distributed here and there that take over the beating sequence of the left atrium, that's it...forever. All we can do is try to mess those cells up with anti-arrhythmic drugs, or to ablate the tissue around them, try to zap them individually if that is possible and they are clustered, or to create a dam around them of scar tissue, which is what PFA and RF ablations mostly are about....block their electricity from getting out into the atrial endothelium.