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Latest Findings in Atrial Fibrillation (AF)
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@tanyawic You sort of have to work with the EP who ablates and maintains your heart going forward, but I would be little hesitant to agree to a Watchman if I were young, had no other obvious/monitored comorbidities, and had no recurrent AF or other ectopy. At the same time, I would not be keen to remain on a DOAC. However, because the gentleman pretty much said aloud that once you have detected AF for any reason, even only acute and refractory, you are now an AF patient for life. So, I would seek my EP and cardiologists' agreement to take a DOAC as a PIP (pill-in-pocket) the same way many paroxysmal AF patients do flecainide or Multaq; when and as needed.
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@gloaming interesting about the pill in a pocket scenarios. My EP has never suggested using my Flecanide that way. Nor Eliquis. I think we might address that next visit. My goal having the ablation was to eventually be off meds. But wouldn’t be adverse to using as needed.
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@gloaming My husband had AFIB detected in the hospital when given super high dose cortisones after loss of the left eye and high inflammatory markers . All tests showed no symptoms for any problem. ( 80 years old, 2 weeks diarrhea
from a restaurant , loss of the left eye , conflicting advice from doctors discussing the causes) So, then Eliquis given for life????? THIS CONCEPT OF "FOR LIFE" is a big problem.
Particularly because of the " Cause " . I don't get it at all.
And I wonder the new problems occurring as a result of this "CONSERVATIVE" ? approach ?