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After an ablation and no AFib can I stop my blood thinner Xarelto?
Heart Rhythm Conditions | Last Active: Sep 3 11:31am | Replies (36)Comment receiving replies
I personally would not recommend getting off your blood thinners unless instructed by your doctor. I have had 2 Ablation procedures and my Cardiologist informed me that I still needed to continue taking my Eliquis twice a day (5mg morning and 5mg evening).
My Kardia apparatus that I purchased to monitor my EKG is now reading that I may have possible AF again. What a disappointment after 2 Ablation procedures.
I also have been diagnosed to have congestive heart failure and have severe pulmonary hypertension which affects my breathing and shortness of breath. So I am not in the best of shape as per my heart disease and lungs.
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Yes, this is a disappointing development. AF is progressive, unfortunately. The luckiest of us might only get one ablation and never have any ectopy or AF for the rest of her life. Then, we the average patient, might go two, four, six years free of ectopy after a successful ablation, and then find we are once again in arrhythmia. Happens fairly often. BTW, a 'successful' ablation is one where a year passes before a return to arrhythmia. I haven't seen an argument to support that...not that I've gone looking.
Your pulmonary hypertension is worrisome. I don't know anything about that condition, but it wouldn't surprise me to learn that it is related to myocardial dysfunction, whether problems with heart muscle or with the signaling for it to beat properly. I do know that they have to be careful about pulmonary vein hypertension after an RF ablation. https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC7478431/