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After my ablation, I went into cardiac tamponade and had to have CPR to bring me back. Ended up with Post Cardiac Injury Syndrome (PCIS). It's been 9 months. Still recovering and have had to take prednisone naproxen and colchicine all this time. Never took medicine before ablation. It seems the ablation worked for my arrhythmia but the cost of this recovery has been intense both physically and mentally and I am an exercise instructor for my entire life. Still teaching but not back to 100% yet. My electrophysiologist has done this for over 15 years and has never had this happen to another patient. She told me before the surgery that I was the healthiest patient she'd ever done an ablation on. I am now a case study at the hospital. It has been horrible. BUT everyone is different and this does not happen often from what I've researched. I was just the unlucky one.
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Wow, so sorry that happened to you. I had an ablation in February, 2025. While in Post Anesthesia recovery (about 1 hour post ablation) I had chest pain, extreme dizziness, drop in blood pressure. Echocardiogram showed a moderate pericardial effusion. Was taken back to surgery and catheter inserted to drain blood. Spent next 2 nights in CVICU. Discharged on colchicine for 6 weeks and naproxen for 2 weeks. My EP also felt I was perfect candidate for ablation as I exercise, weight is healthy and have no other cardiac issues. I am ok now. I have had occasional episodes of elevated regular heart rate (120-140) lasting 30-60 seconds. These episodes did not trigger Apple Watch. I had a loop recorder placed several weeks so will see what that shows. After seeing your post, I feel like I dodged a bullet. It could have easily resulted in cardiac tamponade. Hope you feel better soon.
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@red350 Sorry to hear. My ablation was successful, but now I'm going for a bone marrow biopsy. Looking at some form of myeloma. I guess I'll be on the other site too. Anyway, good luck to you. Seems like it's always something! Oh, and no, I don't mean to imply any relation here.