@alexjo I was indeed worse off, and even had to go on the dreaded amiodarone. I had been left on metoprolol as a prophylactic and that had me in long pauses, so long that the ICU nurse came running in to find me chatting with my wife. She held out her fingers 10" apart and said they'd watched my monitor go flat that long. Internist conferred with my EP and they agreed between them that I had to commence a short regimen of amiodarone...eight weeks. Four months after that I had my second ablation, but lemme assure ya it wasn't fun waiting, especially off amiodarone and getting tons of PACs and some semi-persistent AF. Agreed, it's a distinct bummer to find you're somewhat worse off than previously.