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I, too, had been a lifelong runner and was active, although retired, when I had my first AF episode. In fact, my first episode happened at about the 8 km point in a 10 km maintenance run. This was in 2017, well before COVID. I'm not prepared to say your suspicions aren't warranted about the vaccine and pericarditis or arrhythmias (there is grudging acceptance, finally, for example, by the British National Health Service, that there are unaccounted for excess deaths in Great Britain that must be due to COVID vaccines as the only other variable not accounted for). But be very careful to not fall into the post hoc, ergo propter hoc fallacy. Just because two events share the same time, or follow closely to one another, doesn't necessarily mean they are causally related.
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I agree. And I know that the mention of the word “COVID” puts people’s teeth on edge. In fact there are forums where you can’t say the word without getting thrown off. I’m not an anti vaxxer. I’ve had 6 covid shots. However, if you simply google covid vaccine and afib you will now find studies showing the connection. They just don’t yet understand the mechanism. It happened to me and my EP confirmed that they are seeing a lot of it. I’m being treated at a very large teaching hospital so the numbers will be higher than a small community hospital.
I’m not permitted to post links to medical reviews here. But you can find them with a quick internet search.
The important takeaway is a risk analysis needs to be made between doctor and patient. For me the risk of COVID infection outweighed other considerations so I’m vaccinated. But I will have to consider carefully before I get a 7th. I have the ekg taken 12 hours after my 6th shot. I don’t want to repeat that now that I’ve been through double ablation.