Cardiac ablation, sporty 29 year old

Recovery is almost immediate !

by IAN MC - 2018-03-28 09:47:46

Hi JB    I had a cardiac ablation 6 years ago and it immediately  restored normal sinus rhythm  .I haven't had any problems since then . I hope that your's is equally successful.

The clinical reasons for my ablation were slightly different to yours so the likelihood of success may be different but this should not affect the recovery phase.

Recovery after ablation is really not an issue . You have to keep absolutely still in bed for 5 or 6 hrs after the procedure to prevent bleeding from the catheter site ( usually in the groin ).and you can then normally escape hospital, sometimes they believe in one overnight stay. 

I felt like running within a couple of days but I waited about 4 days then did a 5 mile run.

Best of luck

Ian

Cardiac Ablation

by jwilson - 2018-03-28 12:29:38

I had a Pacemaker and  cardiac ablation 3 years ago in 2015, Had to lay still after surgery for 4 hours. Then went home from hospital. Did not have to spend the night. I was retired so did not have to return to work. Felt great. I go bowling and work out, dancing. trips. I don't like being pacemaker dependent and in A-fib 100% of the time even though I can't feel the A-fib Also a high risk of stroke. So I take a blood thinner for the rest of my life. I get a little short of breath walking uphill or going up a ramp, but I always did even before the Pacemaker and cardiac ablation.  It doesn't stop me from doing anything I want to do. Enjoying life and just thankful I don't feel like I'm going to faint anymore.   Good-luck   

JWilson

Ablations

by Selwyn - 2018-04-01 12:43:02

I have had 3 ablations- one for flutter, and two for atrial arrhythmias, the last ablation was 1st March. 

My flutter ablation was a simple procedure. The operation lasted only an hour. The flutter was sorted out and has never returned. I opted out of the more extensive atrial fibrillation ablation due to the risk of stroke. 

Eventually, after having to stop my Flecainide ( due to a diagnosis of cardiomyopathy and coronary heart disease), and not being able to exercise taking beta blcokers,  I opted for the more extensive procedure. 4 hours of a general anaesthetic- that was October. I then had multiple supraventricular ectopics rather than fibrillation. I have just thad another  ablation and this seems to have done the job. The electrophysiologist siad it was worth going back ( 3 and a half hours of general anaesthesia) as there were still some areas around the pulmonary veins that had been missed or had reconnected afer the ablation 16 weeks prior to that.

All is now well. I don't need any medication for heart arrhythmia. I can exercise without any shortness of breath or palpitations. It is a marvellous procedure. The bruising to my groin lasted 3 weeks.  I haved just gone back to swimming miles. 

Where I am ( Liverpool, UK). You go into hospital as a day case, if you are in the afternoon list, they keep you overnight, as after the surgery  you have to lie flat for 4 hours. ( as there is a risk of bleeding from the site of entry). After that it is just a matter of gradually getting fit, having had a week or two of rest for the trauma to your heart to settle down.  So, 3 weeks post op, and back to swimming miles. 

I would only want to have an ablation at a centre that specialised in doing them. There are no guarentees. Youa may have perforations of the heart, open heart surgey, stokes, death etc.  However, in good hands odds are very much with you that your health will be restored.

Selwyn