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Heart Rhythm Conditions | Last Active: Feb 13 6:00am | Replies (9)Comment receiving replies
@bb03 That's great to hear. I've thought about the ablation but so far haven't been able to bring myself to go forward with it as long as there seem to be alternatives that work for me. If I continue to have episodes I can't resolve on my own, that may change, though.
I do take magnesium. Is the ablation basically done in a hospital outpatient setting?
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Yes a hospital outpatient setting in case you don’t convert to a normal Sinus rhythm or worse a perforation of the catheter or a lethal cardiac rhythm occurs. You are under anesthesia also and it has its risks. No surgery or medical procedure is without risks. I trusted my Cardiologist/electrophysiologist, and everything went well, like textbook.
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@lynndee227 Ablation is day surgery. It is painless, maybe a little discomfort at the incision site in the thigh, close to the groin, but that should pass inside of a couple of days. I have had two ablations. The first didn't work, but the second did, and I am free of atrial fibrillation for three years. Ablation is now considered to be the gold standard of care because it buys the heart time by being in normal sinus....functioning as intended, so you only get the normal heart aging. It's a bit more complicated because arrhythmias tend to be progressive....they get worse over time IF left unmanaged.