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Asymptomatic Atrial Fibrillation: How do you monitor?

Heart Rhythm Conditions | Last Active: Aug 10, 2022 | Replies (39)
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@tedalmon

The biggest threat of AFIB is that you will throw a clot and have a stroke since there is stagnant blood in the heart during AFIB. Patients on blood thinners like Xarelto or Eliquis have no greater stroke risk than the rest of the healthy heart population, so why not just take them? I have been on Xarelto for years now, still have frequent AFIB, and I'm still here.

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lenmayo | @lenmayo | Aug 10, 2022

Thank you for your reply.
I only had AFIB during my operations. I have had no other indication of it. After my coronary artery bypass, I wore a Holter for a month. My cardiologist then took me off Eliquis. After my left kidney was removed, he put me back on it. He said that he could understand AFIB during a heart operation but not a kidney one.
He wants me to have a chip (loop recorder) implant, but I decline. The problems with taking Eliquis are:
The cost-I get mine through a Canadian pharmacy.
Stopping bleeding when cut.
Liver damage

I know a man who had a Watchman implant for stroke.
https://www.watchman.com/en-us/how-watchman-device-works.html
Thanks, again.

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