AFib questions

I have had a number of electro cards which did not show afib. I how have a pacemaker which shows infrequent afib which I do not notice
If you have afib you have a increased mortality from a stoke due clots formed in the heart of 4%.Warfarin halves this risk. I have a hard time keeping in range when I have blood test which shows the clotting prevention due to warfarin. Take your chances!

Totally agree with robseverson. The answer to "when can I stop taking coumadin". Is when your doctor tells you, you can. It may be for another reason, seeing that you had surgery. You should have a long talk with your doctor and ask that exact question. He should explain his reason for having you take it. I always ask questions of my docs, and they usually sit down with me and explain everything and their reasoning. I only take aspirin, but my new cardiologist said, if I show any signs of afib in the future, he will put me on something other than just aspirin.

I’m going to be 72 in August. Found out about left ventricle regurgitation and somewhat slight enlarged heart and the Afib about a year or two ago. It seemed as though after my son died from Cancer at the age of 40 everything went wrong physically with me. Last night I experienced tachycardia and usually it goes away in minutes. This time it wouldn’t go away. I even feel shaky. I took a Carvedilol. It helped after awhile. This morning after getting upset a little over something my husband said, it started again. Anyone have this type of event and if so what to do about it. I live in an area where their aren’t good hospitals or doctors I have much faith in. I can’t drive more than 10 minutes from where I live. I also have hypertension, COPD, stage 3 kidney disease, anxiety, fear, diabetes, Lyme disease in remissiion now I would imagine, among other things such as osteoporosis, degenerative joint etc. Thank you for any info on this a fib, It appears it’s getting worse. Before only for a few minutes I would experience bradycardia or skipped heart beat. I know I need to stay calm, meditate and pray, which I’m doing. I’m phobic to surgery. I’ve been in medical most of my life but with traumatic brain injury from an accident couple years ago I’ve forgotten most of what I knew. Bless all of you on here. Any info is greatly appreciated. I shutter thing of pace maker or that new thing forget what it’s called. I know blood pressure needs to be down and so does weight and I’ve been trying believe me.

I had my first Cardioversion today at the Meijer Heart Center Hospital in Grand Rapids, MI. I'm 81 and have had irregular heartbeat and Atrial Fibrillation for about two years. I've been taking Eliquis, 5MG, and Metoprolol, 25MG.

The procedure went well, about a 30-minutes, but the Total time there was over three hours, the paperwork, recovering from the anesthesia, etc. The doctor said the success ratio was 95%, although the A/Fib may return, etc. This evening, I feel tired. However, it seems so nice not to have my IWatch constantly giving me A/Fib alerts. We'll see how this turns out. As of now, I highly recommend the Cardioversion procedure for A/Fib.