anyone over 80 had pulse ablation

I am 79+ does that qualify? I just had ablation on my left ventricle. It was the type using heat. I do have AFIB but is on and off. I am on Eliquis for that.

After my ablation the plan is to slowly come off amiodarone if possible. At 79 my EP said not as concerned back when I was in my 50s of possible staying on amiodarone around 100 mg. I think he was saying I was getting old and my life expectancy was not as long now but trying to be politically correct.

But I plan on being a centurion.

Ablation is now considered to be the 'gold standard of care' for atrial fibrillation. Your pulse rate is indicative of just the atrium fibrillating, and your left ventricle is not trying to keep up. If your rate showed much more than 110 or so, it would be a sign that your ventricle was trying to keep pace, a phenomenon called 'rapid ventricular response.'

You are in the earliest stage, paroxysmal (meaning is is self-limiting and your heart resumes normal sinus rhythm between episodes). This is the best place you'll ever be because for the very heavy majority of patients AF is a progressive disorder. It goes from paroxysmal to persistent, and then from persistent to long-standing persistent, and finally to permanent AF. Each stage suggests more structural changes called 'remodeling' and it usually means deterioration. This is not good. So, your cardiologist wants you to undergo an ablation now, while your disorder is the easiest to manage. It just gets harder the more the heart is allowed to change, so do it early. Now.

I have had two ablations. The first failed, but the same EP got the job done the second time and I have been in grateful bliss ever since. Three years and five months, but who's counting.

It's day surgery. An early start, 0700 for most, but you'll be home by 1900 or so at the latest if you're local. Take it easy for the first five or six days, and soon you'll be tackling those mountains again.

I had a serious regurgitation/mitral valve problem and serious AFIB. Had mitral valve repair, LAAC, and PF ablation to cure my AFIB. That was 4 years ago. I am fine as wine, off all meds too, except for 4 amoxicillin before dental visits. I am an 82-year-old male, just a kid.
Regards,
Sagan

I am 81-1/2. I just had an ablation and watchman installed about two weeks ago. I was in and out of the hospital the same day. First day or two felt groggy and throat was sore, but I feel fine now. My pulse has been very regular so far (high 50s to low 60s bpm). No afib. I’m on eliquis for 3 months, then switch to low-dose aspirin only, according to my EP. In about a month, I go in for another esophageal echocardiogram to make sure the watchman is still seated correctly.

I had ablation at 81, completely corrected my arrhythmia in one shot. No side effects, pulse stable at +/- 60 after 6 months.

I had PFA done last year at age 85. Did its job but lasted about 9 months and I have daily episodes of Afib. Some are short lived and others are hours long. When they did the work-up for my PFA they did a Cat Scan to locate all of the organs around the heart and they noticed that I had "moderate to sever blockage of the 3 arteries." After more Cat Scans and other tests on Wednesday 6/17 I will have a catheterization procedure to see what is really going on with the blockage. Do I need a stent of angioplasty? It is becoming more and more prevalent that poor blood flow to the heart is a cause for Afib. Heart works harder (beats faster) to provide blood and this causes the irregular heartbeat (Afib). I have another PFA authorized to do some "touch-up" but it is on hold pending the results of the catheterization procedure.