Treat Atrial Fibrillation With Ablation and Pacemaker

[Guest]

Hi there! I thought I made the right choice and choose a tissue valve, but it only lasted 6 yrs . I went to emerg. found out I had a irregular heartbeat and felt sick. Long story short, I was told I would not get a chance to have a tissue valve again. I was upset and finally got over it. I can t do much of the normal activities and finding hard to even walk. I went to my GP for a new perscription of Metoprolol and he asked if the caudioligist had called. I said" No should I be worried"? He said "no I should be". I don t even know what he meant by that. He told me the results after my TEE test said that I would need, a mechanical valve, ablasion and a pacemaker. I was in shock. He was writing on his lap top to the Dr. who was suppose to call me. I don t have any idea what my results were and didn t know what questions to ask. That happened Friday so all weekend I felt sorry for myself. Now Monday no call and cannot find anything on the web. wondering if I need an ablasion and pacemaker because I don t have anything left of my tissue valve? And I caused this to happen....does anyone else have a simular story that could help me out. I tried to call my GP and no answer. TIA

 

[alesia]

[h=2]Treat Atrial Fibrillation With Ablation and Pacemaker[/h] Looks like I forgot to sign in....: )

 

[Warrick]

Sorry I can't speak from experience but i do know someone that has had an ablation and they have no other heart problems so I think it's perhaps more the over active nodes need to be reduced rather than from your leaking valve.
A mechanical valve isn't the end of the world by any means , and theres people here much more clued up on pacemakers than me but they seem to be bearable enough in life too.
You can't change your decision to have a tissue valve first time up so don't kick yourself over it... sometimes i think i wish I'd had a tissue valve but then thats the emotional yin and yang side of something of this magnitude and I know I'm better off .

 

[pellicle]

Hi alesia

... I was told I would not get a chance to have a tissue valve again. I was upset and finally got over it.

and really, did you want to be reset back to facing this again in another 6 years? I was personally quite comfortable with having my mechanical last time (after 2 prior OHS)

I went to my GP for a new perscription of Metoprolol and he asked if the caudioligist had called. I said" No should I be worried"? He said "no I should be". I don t even know what he meant by that.

probably nothing more than he wants to do something, but can't because he needs the cardiologists say so ...

... wondering if I need an ablasion and pacemaker because I don t have anything left of my tissue valve?

I can't answer that part ... I don't know enough about ablations and why and what they do. I wouldn't think you'd need a pacemaker and I don't think that's related to the structural degradation of your tissue valve.

Myself I happen to think that mechanical valves offer quite a number of superior features over tissue valves.

Just try to sit back and not worry too much about the information at the moment. It will come in time.

Best Wishes

 

[RobThatsMe]

Hi,

I had a Double Ablation. My doctor went into 2 different chambers of the heart to stop to over active nerves. Each chamber had a different ablation procedure. One was to fix my A-Fib issue, and the other was to fix my A-flutter issue. It has been 9 months since my ablation, and have not had an a-fib or Aflutter issue since the procedures. In many cases, it does take a few times getting an ablation if the nerves fire back up, or if the doctor didn't get them all on the first ablation. I should also mention that there was no need for a pacemaker in my case, and no additional drugs were prescribed.

Rob

 

[alesia]

Thank you everyone! ts hard to hear information about your heart and you don t understand whats going on. It was one thing and now more. The sound of pacemaker really scared me as I never met anyone who had one. But if I can get back into my routine eventually then I am pretty lucky!

 

[LondonAndy]

I can't comment directly as I haven't had A-Fib or an ablation, but my next-door neighbour has suffered from this greatly and has considerable experience. Also, I do have a pacemaker, and can say I have had no problem with that in the nearly 4 years so far.

Atrial Fibrillation is where the heart has an irregular beat, and is normally too fast. An ablation is a procedure that very carefully destroys the diseased area of your heart and interrupts abnormal electrical circuits to combat A-Fib. It's an option if medication such as a beta-blocker hasn't been effective or tolerated, and doesn't necessarily mean a pacemaker is needed - remember that a pacemaker is only a "safety net", ensuring that if your heart is not triggering enough beats on its own, the pacemaker steps in to send those signals instead. A pacemaker cannot slow down your heart beat.

Hope this helps.