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How long does an ablation last? Are multiple ablations possible?
Heart Rhythm Conditions | Last Active: Oct 26 2:59pm | Replies (24)Comment receiving replies
@californiazebra I had to go out of my local area for my ablation. I live in SW Colorado and there are no facilities that do the ablation procedure. I flew to Denver and had my PFA done at UC Health in Aurora, CO in May of this year. I have a local cardiologist, but I do telehealth with UC Health. I actually prefer the contact with UC Health and my primary care provider over the local cardiologist. With today's technology and information sharing doing telehealth is not much different from in-person visits. I do daily monitoring of the pulse rate and BP and upload a trend file, so it is available when I do my telehealth visits. I will return to UC Health next May for an in-person in-depth assessment.
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Thank you for sharing your story. That’s helpful. I saw a local EP who was recommended and takes on complex cases that others won’t take or where others have failed. Told me no one has done more PFAs than he has. He predicts my afib case will take 2-3 ablations. There is another EP in the next county who was the first to do PFA and states he has the most experience. I’m thinking about getting a second opinion to see if he also thinks 2-3. That’s hard to hear up front, but I’ve been in paroxysmal afib 30% of the time in recent months and frequent for 5 years. Very symptomatic. Exhausting condition and hard to hear that estimate and even then no guarantees and told it will likely come back with more ablations needed. Rate control didn’t go well — scary and never again. Recently ended up in the hospital from a scary TIA and aphasia after afib. That got my attention. Have also had a few retinal TIAs after afib. Started Eliquis low dose now but have to double to qualify for ablation. Don’t metabolize meds well with missing liver enzymes so that scares me. Have added risk for nerve damage during ablation due to a rare hereditary neuropathy where light pressure can case nerve damage. All very worrisome. Talking to my regular cardiologist again today. We’ll see how this all plays out.