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Athletic heart with heart rate abnormalities post ablation for a fib
Heart Rhythm Conditions | Last Active: Aug 24 2:58pm | Replies (23)Comment receiving replies
@labexperiment I won't presume to speak for Natale, but based on what you said in your comment above, a 6th ablation suggests that the previous five attempts were done incompletely. He may have looked at your records and seen that your LAA was a possible next candidate for an ablation because your records showed no previous attempts at doing that part of an ablation. Even so, as a highly skilled and renowned electrophysiologist who is very highly regarded in his field, he would have performed an initial mapping procedure to actually pinpoint the area(s) where you needed ablating. Your LAA was merely a good first place to look.
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Thanks for your reply, my point is Natalie had his mind made up before he saw me. For your info I am a health care provider and have been in practice 41 yrs. When a physician pre judges a patient and comes up with treatment without seeing the patient that is BS and I don't care what his or hers qualifications are.
As for your other comment, I have had 5 ablations over 14 years and the 6th this last May. My appendage has been fine every time and still is. My arrythmia started with typicaal flutter, simple fix. The typical came back - again another simple fix. Was good for several years and got fib. The recovery took some time but was fine for 6 years. The I began with atypical flutter and was ablated in Dec 25, this did not work tried again another procedure and that worked for a wek. The Dec 25 and January 26 were both PFA with the Farapulse. I would stay away from Farapulse - it just seems to stun tissue and causes incomplete ablation lesions. I consulted with Dr. G who specializes in flutters post ablation which is why I recommended him to the family above. He used the Aferra system for mapping and ablation. The aferra PFA is more robiust and it also does RFA and used an 8.5 mm ablating tool. I am back 100% now.
I do not give advice here that's not covered in my malpractice insurance. I do offer resources for learning and can share my experiences.