Heart Rhythm Conditions – Welcome to the group

I had an ablation in August and have had no problems since. Am on Lorsatan once a day and Eliquis 2x daily. Previously had afib 2-3x/week. I'm wondering what's holding your doctor back from the ablation. So glad I had it as I worry less and am comfortable that my health is much better.

Thanks. I go by Catro. My irregulat heartbeat is relatively recent. I noticed it a little over a month ago. Started supplementing with magnesium and it went away for awhile but is back now and magnesium no longer seems to work. Had my blood level checked and it was 7.7 on a 1-15 scale of normal. I have an appointment with my cardiologist Wednesday. He has been following me for a mild aortic valve regurgitation since I had a triple bypass three years ago. Could there be a connection? I hope to find out.

How do you feel?

I am a 74 years old female. All along I had very healthy life. Being a professor at university I had hectic life style. Stating at six in morning going till late at night. I started feeling heart pulsating with higher rate around five years ago. But it did not trouble me. (I never had any other symptom ever. Neither at this time not even now which is acsurprise) Then I went for a routine yearly check up and my cardiologist got concerned with my ECG. He asked me to take a number of exams. . Then asked me to take some medicine and come back after two months.i came to USA and had my cataract surgery. I heard the doctor say that the surgery was successful and then I open my eyes in intensive care unit. They said my pulsewent to 200 and I had to be under observation. They gave me metaprolol and relived me after few hours witha warning that I should go to heart specialist as soon as possible. Next week I went to HS and he confirmed it was Afib. He put me on Eliquis and metaprolol and had cardiac procedure with electric shock after a month. For a day I was out of Afib but then it came back. For a year I took these medications. Then changed the HS. The new one after a month told my heart was getting affected so either I go for ablation ( which I did not want ) or take Tikosyn. This medicine will be given in a hospital, I will be admitted and supervised for three days but first dose it self can make my pulse rate out of control leading to death ( though they will not let it happen) I was puzelled. Why should I take a medicineto die. I said no. After rethinkingfor a month I told him I will go for it because I do not want to livewith the fear of stroke. I tool it and it brought me in sinus rhythm. It is since Nov 2018. I am out of Afib thanks to my HS at UCSF and Tikosyn (The generic name is dofetilide ) it costs me $100 .00 pm but it is keeping me out of Afib. I do not know why my other doctor did not try this?

Sounds like you are ok. Good. Read up on the subject. There are lot's of articles and ideas. There are two ways to handle afib. One is to get the heart back in rhythm, Tikosyn. The other is rate control where the heart may go in and out of afib, but the metaprolol helps keep the heart rate down and that helps you feel better. I've done both. I also have heart valve issues so it's complicated with me. I haven't had any surgery and feel pretty good. I'm 72. Also, Eliquis is an anticoagulant and helps prevent stroke. I'm on both Eliquis and metaprolol. Sounds iike you blasted your way through life and it finally caught up with you. Time to slow down, as boring as it is.
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It sounds like you are doing well now. I am 85, I've been taking Tikosyn for 4 years. For the first 2 years I had no return of afib. Now I have it occasionally. One trigger is jumping up too fast in the morning. If it comes back sometimes, see if you can figure out what triggers it. It sounds like you are a hard worker. You might have to slow down a bit as "healthy today" recommends. Good luck!

I have had pacemaker for. 6 yrs. first 4 were filled with arrhythmia and afib. Then I started to look for cause. Drs never told me about triggers in fact dr told me that ok to have a glass of wine in evEnding and coffee in morning. When I started investigation I found that any amount of alcohol would set me off later at night stopped wine and coffee ,only decaf now. Found several other things also like working too long in heat. Now avoid my triggers and my afib and aarythm happen less than one. Percent of the tlme according to my pacemaker dr. And they look at my latitudes machine At least once a week and sometimes every night ( latitudes in s as n internet connection machine that reads my pacemaker whenever they want to, and I don’t even know it’s going on.

Hi there, I'm joining for information about treatments, docs, etc for my 76 y.o. husband. Three years ago he began having arrythmia problems-sometimes aflutter, sometimes afib, and in spite of medication, cardioversion, and catheter ablation, the condition is persistent. I live in No. AZ and our cardiology options aren't great, so we have to drive to Phoenix for care. He has an appt with someone at Mayo this week because we feel the experts at Mayo will help us better than what we've gotten so far. BTW, my husband and I are both active (hiking, gym, yoga, running etc.) -and he's in great health otherwise. I'm glad this group is here.

Mayo Clinic treated me 3+ years ago when I was in heart failure. They are great. There are two types of treatments with afib. One is getting the heart back in sinus rhythm. This is done with cardioversion, ablation, and meds. None of them work all the time or for only awhile. I had three cardioversions, none sticked. This is due to my hearts enlargement and heart valve issues I then was downloaded with Tikasen which kept my heart in rhythm for one year. That no longer worked, so I went to the second type of treatment.

That's heart rate control. I was put on metotropal (sp), this is a blood pressure med, surpresses the heart rate. It is working for me. All meds have side effects, some better than others. You can look up these issues on the computer; Mayo Clinic has paragraphs you can read online on most medical issues. Best of luck, if it makes you feel any better, afib is very common. The biggest problem with it that it can cause strokes, so an anticoagulant is prescribed, such as Eliquis. It's an expressive medicine, but does a good job.

Does,anyone take metropolol and diltizem at the same time?