Heart Rhythm Conditions – Welcome to the group

Ablation is what you should consider. Search for recent Medical News article on Afib. Ablation much better than meds for Afib as I read it.
I am 78. Had mitral valve repair, ablation, and LAAC almost 8 months ago at WakeMed in Raleigh. No more afib, off Eliquis, down to 12.5mg of metoprolol and 81mg aspirin daily.

I started heart palpitations a month ago ..horrible and makes you nervous..went to cardio..increased metropol to 50mg..ekg normal..might be from stress but I wish they would go away..any tips on how to tolerate them...

This is my first post. I’m also 76 and have had palpitations for years, a dry cough for longer, and lightheaded spells/ shortness of breath for the last six months or so.. Long story short, I finally got a diagnosis for silent reflux (while wearing a 30- day event monitor) in mid-December. It reported a 4.5 second electrical silence on January 1st, and I had a two-lead pacemaker implanted on the 5th. I can’t wait for my healing to get to the point where I can ditch the Velcro brace at night and start getting normal sleep on my left side again. It’s nice to tell this to someone who understands.

Hello, my name is Tom .... I’ve been here before.... I’ve had variations of these PVCs and PACs since age 29...I am now 76... this episode has lasted longer than previous ones, and these start when lying down usually when I’m asleep or getting back into bed after a bathroom trip...it helps to have somewhere to vent, now that it’s a lonely scary place in the wee hours...everyone else is asleep....I have a Hiatus Hernia and GERD.....thank you....

I get PVCs and PACs that now wake me up from sleep 😴 and I’m getting to be a nervous wreck over it...it’s a bigeminy or trigeminy or just regular irregular rhythm..
Wish I could get some relief from these...anxious...76 and had normal echo and holter...starting corvedilol 12.5 mg twice daily, and discontinuing metropolol and HCTZ tomorrow morning..Cardiologist says this might help with borderline high blood pressure and Palpitations...hope she is onto something...any response is welcome....now dread going to bed....hope this will pass.....

Has anyone had an rfa ablation I had a heart mitro valve repair I do not think I am getting what I want a cryoablation because I think the healing is better

Ablation is what you should consider. Search for recent Medical News article on Afib.
I am 78. Had mitral valve repair, ablation, and LAAC almost 8 months ago at WakeMed in Raleigh. No more afib, off Eliquis, down to 12.5mg of metoprolol and 81mg aspirin daily. Dr. Boulton of WakeMed Raleigh is terrific.

I am 78 year old male on mac meds and have a-fib. Extremely exhausted most of time . Any suggestions from any one ?

I am 78. Had mitral valve repair, ablation, and LAAC almost 8 months ago at WakeMed in Raleigh. No more afib, off Eliquis, down to 12.5mg of metoprolol and 81mg aspirin daily. Dr. Boulton of WakeMed is terrific.

thankyou for your response to the healthcare worker, i learned by it