Ablation

Would like to know if anyone has had both ablations at the same time for Fibriliation and Flutter:

It's been 1 1/2 weeks since I had an ablation for both Atrial Fibrillation/Artial Flutter.  I was under for a couple hours and 6 hours recovery.    I felt pretty good on Wed. evening after the 6 hours so I went home.   I felt fine on Thursday and Friday but Saturday and Sunday I had some nausa and a low grade frever.  My heart did not hurt but my thrroat was an issue due to the tube during the procedure...still spitting up some blood from the tube and speaking rapsy.  I went back to work on Monday after the procedure but what I am now noticing is I feel like it's really hard to breath..can't seem to get a good breath and my throat feels swollen (inside) - hard to swallow.   Headache for a few days now but the breating issue is worring me.  If I push myself I get dizzy and feel like I am going to faint.   Also...as expected, lots of brusing in both groins and my arms.  Yesterday I found a small blister on my stomach (where my waist band rubs).  I put on some antibiotic creme and a band aid.  Today when I went to look at the sore, it was GREEN!!  Looked like a perfectly round pieice of green rubber!!    I washed it off and it left a round red spot so more antibiotic creme and a band aid.   

Anyway...all of this has been passed on to my doctor because I do not like how I feel right now...really really tired.  If anyone has had any unusual experiences I would like to hear about them.  Thank you

2 Comments

Swollen throat/hard to breathe sounds serious - please get it checked

by Gemita - 2024-09-15 06:56:23

Indyglo, firstly, the most important part of your post is surely about your ongoing symptoms?   While I note you are back at work, I don’t like the sound of your symptoms at all and I would get these checked urgently.  Have you actually seen your doctors or gone through emergency services for some proper checks for your swollen throat, breathing difficulty, dizzy spells and other symptoms. There are potential risks from having an ablation and your symptoms do concern me.

As far as having a simultaneous AF/Flutter ablation is concerned, I would imagine your doctors felt one ablation would help stop or control both these arrhythymias?  My doctor felt that I would probably need two or more ablations after an EP study to control both disturbances, since both Flutter and AF were seen to be coming from different sites.  Sometimes doctors prefer to ablate one arrhythmia at a time since many patients have confusing overlap conditions, particularly with Atrial Fibrillation and Atrial Flutter, making any procedure more complex. 

I do not really know what the answer is, but I would have thought that tackling each arrhythmia separately might be more effective and then waiting to see if any other arrhythmia is unmasked?  For example an ablation for Atrial Fibrillation can often unmask Atrial Flutter and vice versa.  Perhaps an EP study or longer term holter monitoring would be helpful if your rhythm disturbances haven't been helped by a combined ablation for AF/Flutter?

Ablation

by Indyglo - 2024-09-19 18:55:12

Thanks for the feedback.  My Dr. scheduled me in last Tuesday.  They did an EKG and said it was fine.  She did tell me that I had a new type of Ablation and that it was extensive - both A-Fib and A-Flutter on both sides of my heart.  She said I probably would have some aches for a couple months but after blood work and more testing she said everything looked fine.

Most of the earlier systems have gone, so I hope things will ease up.

Thanks again.

 

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