u/One-Eggplant-665

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General Advice/Comments About Ablation Recovery

Greetings, my AFib/SVT ablation is coming up end of the month. I'm hoping for comments about going through the recovery process. I'm 76, have well-managed congenital SVT, but was diagnosed with Persistent AFib last year. I didn't want ablation so had 2 cardioversions, took Amiodarone for 7 months, loved the NSR, but stopped because of severe neuropathy. EP prescribed Flecainide without waiting for the washout period and I ended up in the Emergency Department. Have Persistent AFib now. Got a new EP and was told my heart has been compromised, can't take any more antiarrhythmics, and need an ablation immediately.

I understand about the Blanking Period, but the only med I can take is a beta blocker. On a practical level, what does recovery look like?

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u/One-Eggplant-665 — 3 days ago
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ECG from emergency dept

I have AFib and SVT. What is this? At home I had 280 heart rate and went to the emergency department. I just started Flecainide after ending Amiodarone two months earlier. Does that timing matter? Or is it just a bad reaction to Flecainide?

u/One-Eggplant-665 — 2 months ago