@sjm46 It is common for two new arrhythmias, PACs and flutter, to take the place of AF after an ablation. Dismayingly common to those EPs who feel they've successfully, and conscientiously, nipped your AF when they send you away from the cath lab. 🙁

If it is news to you, approximately 25% of all index ablations are failures. Those patients need a touchup, and it's usually about 5-8 months after the first ablation. And yes, that blanking period is exceedingly important as a step to ensure the heart calms enough to be deemed successfully ablated by the time the Holter is administered. Even so, I have read posts by people who say they had their last bout of ectopy many months after what was seen as a failed ablation, but now have gone years without any blips. So, the three month blanking period is a 'one-size-fits-all' guesstimate.

I agree, and I'm not even a nurse, every grownup has the responsibility to manage their life, including how they seek diagnoses, assistance, advice, and how they elect to follow the various prescriptions.