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Does anyone with AFIB NOT take blood thinners?

Heart Rhythm Conditions | Last Active: Jan 23 9:08am | Replies (149)
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@johnnoregon

With good intentions, my hospital OD'd me on Coumadin in 2020, and the result was a stroke. I've had Afib since 2002. No more thinners for me. Massive Afib attacks gave me a Type II heart attacks during the stroke, and again in 2021. I now have a Watchman, about 13 months now.

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goldpaw | @goldpaw | Dec 17, 2023

You are the first person I know that has received the Watchman. It must be nice not to have the monthly TP/INR tests.
Do you remember the criteria you had to have to get approved for the watchman?
My heart is in constant A-fib. I asked my heart clinic if I was a good candidate and did not get an answer.
Have you had any side effects from the Watchman?

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ruby2020 | @ruby2020 | Jan 4 9:09am

John- - My young adult son had the Watchman procedure yesterday. Just curious- if you don't mind- what was the protocol for you to get off the blood thinners after the procedure? I'm just trying to learn as much as I can about it in general. We have the protocol - but just wondered different Drs. and protocols?

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