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The metoprolol had been prescribed as a rate control medication when I saw a cardiologist for the first time after a formal (ER) diagnosis of paroxysmal AF about three months earlier. Then, three years went by before I was given the angiogram, and that was to rule out ischemia as the cause of my AF. Had they found significant blockages, the EP would have declined to ablate me as his efforts would probably have been successful for only months, if at all. So, a waste of resources on a badly diseased heart. Fortunately, I was given a thumb up by the surgeon manipulating the catheter in my arm. My guess is that it's standard to give bisoprolol, metoprolol, or diltiazem to AF patients to keep a lid on their hearts IF they do go into AF now and then.
My Doctors write up :
Left Main Normal. Left Anterior Descending PROXIMAL: Normal MID: Normal with moderate myocardial bridging DISTAL: Normal DIAGONAL BRANCH: Normal Left Circumflex CIRCUMFLEX PROPER: Normal. Non-dominant. OM(1): Normal OM(2): Normal Right Coronary artery Normal. Dominant. PDA: Normal PL: Normal Left Ventricle EF: 60-65% Aortic Pressure: 116/62mmHg LVEDP: 15mmHg
In his summation, he says very clearly Metropol for PVCs because my PVCs become far more aggravated with heart rate increase. I go from one maybe two every hour to 10+ per minute when my heart rate goes above 90.
Unfortunately, on a hotlter my burden never went above 4%