Gerald I was off all my AF medication as soon as I had the surgery, and have never taken any more since then. In 10 days it will be 8 years. I think most...
Gerald, As Jack said, most Maze surgeons will, at a minimum keep you on coumadin post procedure only because this is America. In other countries they would...
... percentage of post-Maze people nationwide are drug-free? How long after the Maze, drug-free? ... After my Maze III on 1/18/01, at the Cleveland Clinic, I...
Thanks guys. Now I wonder if there are any studies. I checked here in "files" and in "links" and found one that tells a bit, here: Surgical treatment of atrial...
Gerald, I don't think you are going to find much from the Maze surgeons themselves. The good ones do good follow up for six months or more and probably can...
Hello Gerald, Before my maze I was taking amedrone.(spelling)...they stopped it a day before my surgery...I was in the hospital 6 days and it was never started...
Carl, what did you do after the a-fib returned both times..laine ... From: G. Carl Plaskett To: A-fibcures@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, April 01, 2006 10:36...
... flutter. The first time, my EP told me to take some of the Rythmol left over from after my surgery, but it made my heartrate faster, so I was cardioverted....
I am always glad to hear of those who have had procedures that have eliminated afib completely and are no longer dependent on medications for helping to...
Hopefully your time is coming also Glenn. I wish you and everyone could be AF and medication free as many people have become. I know there will always be...
Great news, I have seen the cardiologist and she is going to refer me to an EP specialist at Harefield Hospital in London. She did an ECG and an Echo that...
... Pauline: Please do some more reading here and elsewhere before you consent to an ablation. Enlargement of the atria, unless they are just slightly...
Pauline: Please do some more reading here and elsewhere before you consent to an ablation. Enlargement of the atria, unless they are just slightly enlarged,...
Hello Carl, Around 17 months after your maze the flutter came back...I couldn't follow your post...after 12 hrs. of flutter you had cardioversion, is that what...
... follow your post...after 12 hrs. of flutter you had cardioversion, is that what your were saying.....just out of the blue at 17 months the flutter...
Hello Jack, do you have any PAC's or PVC'c....laine ... From: Jack To: A-fibcures@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, April 01, 2006 9:35 AM Subject: [SPAM]...
Hello Pauline. I agree that seeing the EP is probably a step in the right direction, if the EP you are seeing is a good EP. I'm not sure how the EP's and...
Hi Alaine. I have a unusual type beat sometimes, but not very often. They don't bother me any and I don't really know what they are. I consider them a PAC or...
Hi Jack, I am not having anything like I had after my ablation....just sometimes I feel a flush and it makes me kind of shake..I am very blessed....the PAC's...
Laine, I had the funny experience of wondering if my heart was still beating, and stopping to “feel” my pulse a couple times before I realized how stupid...
Gerald, I was taken off all rhythm meds right before my RF Ablation, in Cleveland Clinic, by Dr. Robert Schweikert. I was on blood thinners only for a few ...
Hello Sarah, what is a RF Ablation...you didn't have the maze?...congratulation on your 3 years...and thank you for your kind words..I guess AF took so much...
I am almost three years post RF Ablation, and had no rate meds given me post op. Never needed them! I took blood thinners for awhile, and went home with an...
Stereotaxis Zaps Atrial Fibrillation All Right In an article published in tomorrow's Journal of the American College of Cardiology, a group of investigators...
I think all of us Fibbers and ex-fibbers are much more conscious of what our hearts are doing than the average NORMAL person. I know I am still very aware of...
Hi ya” ! I got this post three times LOL, but wondered if you meant to have a link with it so we could read the report. Sorry, if I’ve misunderstood. ...
Spiffy, I don't think you will ever be faced with that choice, but your reasoning on choosing the maze next time sound reasonable to me. Most people have not...
RF Ablation, is Radio frequency Ablation...gosh....I don't have a ready definition, but I'm sure you could find one. No, it's not a maze, it's done with the...
Thanks Jack for the kind thoughts about moving. They’re coming Friday, whether we’re ready or not. As you know, my husband got an advanced case of Prostate...
