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Atrial Fibrillation and long-term management with medication
Heart Rhythm Conditions | Last Active: May 26, 2022 | Replies (65)Comment receiving replies
Ohhhhh sorry I didn't catch the fact that you have frequent/daily afib. Different picture!
It is concerning that the doc didn't realize female gender had been dropped.
If I had afib often I would be thinking very differently. I guess it also depends on how long it lasts. Glad you have the Watchman.
I am so confused about aspirin. They tell us not to use it against clots, these days, though 7 years ago with my first episode that was the recommendation.
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Over 60, do not take, this is the new info. It can be hard on the stomach, and more. Although they make it hard not to use asprin due to the high cost of other blood thinners, which is a travesty.......
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Re AFIB.
I don't (yet- if ever) have a Watchman. It's something I'm looking into to protect my eyes from my blinding wet macular degeneration. That's why the business about perpetual aspirin was such a downer. (Only a really good nearby electrophysiologist- interventional cardio said he thought I could forego it, with a mind to European studies which view the necessity of aspirin quite differently)
What IS the difference between electrophysiologist- interventional cardios anyhow? SO many types of cardiologists (just check out heart transplant specialists!)
Don't know about you, but I have no symptoms with my AFIB so have never worried about it*, especially with the Xarelto (gotten heavily discounted from Canada FWIW)
It was only the diagnosis of that nightmare eye disease that put me onto trying to get off it.
*I gather many participants here have violent symptoms accompanying their AFIB.