Has anyone had experience with ablation for A Fib?
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Yes, in the right atrium. We ended up having to get shocked to straighten it out. No more problems since two years ago.\n\nI have talked to other people who have taken medicine and gotten A Fib taken care of.
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i've had it done three times.  first time was with a gun, hurt like hell, i don't recommend it, the hole wasn't clean it was more like torn through.  it never healed and i took it out 6 months later.  next two times were with a needle, again it hurt like hell but looked a LOT better as the hole was clean.  still never healed (turns out i'm allergic to the rings they put in) and took it out for good after 1 year.  i loved having it and really wish it would have healed as i would still have it if it had.  but it does hurt like hell.
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There are currently limitations for this type of treatment. It seems to work best on small tumors and nodules that are evenly shaped. One of the reasons for this is that a thin wire is threaded into the tumor and than the waves that destroy the tumor will emanate outwards in an even wave. If the tumor is oddly shaped than it is possible that those cancer cells won't be destroyed and can spred.\n\nSo, while RFA is an exciting modality, it is not suitable for all types of cancers or all patients. Much will depend upon location, number of tumors, stage, and size of the tumors to be ablated. It's worth investigating.
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Dr. Paul Noble at Yale University Medical Center has a new treatment for pulmonary fibrosis that was developed about three years ago.  He was recommended to me by a pulmonologist in New Jersey who said several of his patients had benefited from the treatment. I saw Dr. Noble in November 2003, and found that my condition is not fibrosis, so I never learned more about the treatment program.  You can do a search for Yale New Haven.  I have Dr. Noble's number if you want to email me.  Good luck for you and your Dad.
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A friend of mine has one and is having problems with it. She's actually considering having it removed.\n\nMy friend says that the "tail" of it keeps poking her. She has to try and adjust it many times. The doctor told her it would soften up, that was months ago and it hasn't yet. She also said that getting it inserted was awful.
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if i knew what EF meant it would help. if you're still worried about your heart, ask about a myoview or cardiolite test.
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I had one when I was a teen. My doctor froze it off with liquid nitrogen. I was afraid it would hurt and wouldn't let him do it for like a year. Then, I was soo uncomfortable, I finally let them. It didn;t hurt and healed up so you can't even tell anything was ever there. \n\nI wouold recomend freezing it off now, before your daughter spends too much time limping around.
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You will find a lot of "nay sayers" when it comes to chelation therapy.   BMAC may very well be right about cardio renew.  As I recall, that is an oral chelation therapy.  I for one cannot tell you if what they are selling is authentic.  However, I have researched chelation therapy, and firmly believe that it has theraputic value and can start the process of reversing coronary artery disease.   From what I have read, the most effective form is IV chelation.   It is not some magical formula, but I firmly believe that it can have benefits if used while ingesting a very heart healthy diet.  There is simply to much positve data regarding chelation therapy to dismiss it.  The medical community does not endorse it, or for that matter even consider it, because it is outside the norm, and primarily because heart disease is a cash cow to the medical establishement.  Doctors, hospitals, and the medical community as a whole are more concerned with generating revenue than patient care.  And if that means sacrificing patients lives to improve there bottom line, they have demonstrated for many years that this is precisely what they will  do.\n\nPlease keep in mind that chelation therapy is not a cure all, and should be looked at only as a part of the process to returning to improved heart health.  There are of course circumstances that medical intervention such as heart bypass surgery is done out of medical necessity, but that is not always the case.  Chelation and other non invasive therapies, in some cases, can be equally if not more effective than traditional therapies for heart disease.  Speak to a doctor who is open minded regarding different therapies, be certain that your doctors motivation for recommending bypass surgery is not monetary.  Bypass surgery is absolutley necessary for some individuals, but there are many surgeries such as these where non invasive therapy would be adviseable.    Research this thouroughly.  There is a lot of good info. on the web, it just takes time to sort through the mumbo jumbo determining whom you should believe.  The very best of luck to you.
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Endometrial ablation \n\nSurgery Overview \n\nEndometrial ablation is a procedure that uses a lighted viewing instrument (hysteroscope) and other instruments to destroy (ablate) the uterine lining, or endometrium. Endometrial ablation can be done by:\n\nLaser beam (laser thermal ablation). \nHeat (thermal ablation), using: \nRadiofrequency.\nA balloon filled with saline solution that has been heated to 85 °C(185 °F) (thermal balloon ablation).\nElectricity, using a resectoscope with a loop or rolling ball electrode. \nThe endometrium heals by scarring, which usually reduces or prevents uterine bleeding.\n\nWhat To Expect After Surgery \n\nEndometrial ablation is usually done in an outpatient facility or hospital. The procedure may be done using spinal anesthesia, although general anesthesia is sometimes used.\n\nRecovery requires from a few days to 2 weeks.\n\nWhy It Is Done \n\nEndometrial ablation is used to control heavy, prolonged menstrual bleeding when:\n\nBleeding has not responded to other treatments. \nChildbearing is completed. \nYou prefer not to have a hysterectomy to control bleeding. \nOther medical problems prevent a hysterectomy. \nHow Well It Works \n\nApproximately 90% of women will have reduced menstrual flow following endometrial ablation, but only 40% to 50% will stop having periods. Hysterectomy or repeat ablation is required in approximately 22% of women following endometrial ablation.1\n\nYounger women are less likely than older women to respond to endometrial ablation. After an endometrial ablation, younger women are more likely to continue to have periods and need a repeat procedure. \n\nYoung women may be treated with either gonadotropin-releasing hormone analogues (GnRH-As) or danazol for 1 to 3 months before the procedure. This will decrease their production of estrogen and help thin the lining of the uterus (endometrium). GnRH-As is more effective than danazol for this purpose.2\n\nRisks \n\nComplications of endometrial ablation are uncommon but can be quite severe. They can include:\n\nAccidental puncture (perforation) of the uterus. \nBurns (thermal injury) to the uterus or the surface of the bowel. \nBuildup of fluid in the lungs (pulmonary edema). \nSudden blockage of arterial blood flow within the lung (pulmonary embolism). \nTearing of the opening of the uterus (cervical laceration). \nWhat To Think About \n\nEndometrial ablation is not recommended if you have a high risk for endometrial cancer. Regrowth of the endometrium may occur.\n\nDo not consider this procedure if you plan to become pregnant in the future.\n\nAlthough this surgery usually causes sterility by destroying the lining of the uterus, pregnancy may still be possible if a small part of the endometrium is left in place. Birth control of some form is required if you have not completed menopause and do not wish to become pregnant.
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yeah but you still didn't answer my question on weather and whether.  \ni asked you to give me a neumonic so i can remember them.  \nbut to answer you question no.  \n\ndo not remove your uterus.  get a second opinion.  if you want to gave 84 kidlets, please do not do that.  i have never used herbal stuff like that but it does not hurt to try.  give it a try first before you remove your woumb.  \n\ni am ttc and i am using fertility blend and such stuff.  so those are the only things i've tried.  and i drink herbal teas.\n\nwhy can't they remove the fibroids and not the uterus though?
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I would expect the pre ablation symptoms to take longer than this to resolve, I am hoping that your doctor will be seeing you back in the next few weeks too, just call his/her office and ask if you should get some rehab as they do after bypass surgery etc. good luck
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Your vocab is a LITTLE confusing - there is no such thing as "pulmonary ventricular fibrillation" - just 'ventricular fibrillation'. This is the most serious cardiac arrythmia, and is rapidly fatal unless defibrillated (shocking the chest).\nThe vast majority of coronary angioplasty and stEnting (drug-eluting stents, or bare-metal stents) cases are performed without any occurrence of arrythmias. Especially if the initial blockage was only 80%, ie it was likely performed as an elective procedure, not as an emergency after an acute MI (heart attack).\n\nSo, in short, this is NOT normal.
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Hey Im not really good with those things..but i found some websites that might help you..\n\nhttp://urology.jhu.edu/MIS/lap_cyst_ablation.php\n\nhttp://www.cdhb.govt.nz/nephrology/kidney-donation.htm
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Has your doctor sent you to a specialist?  Doctors are not omniscient and should be able to recognize when they've reached their limits.\n\nI will also point out that there are a couple more options available to you:\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fibroids#Treatment\n\nI had a similar (though not as bad) problem with fibroids. I had the uterine arterial embolization mentioned in the above article, and it worked outstandingly.  Since the UAE, I have only enough period to let me know the plumbing is still working. \n\nI did not have the HIFU treatment, but it sounds completely non-surgical and thus you wouldn't have to deal with the problems that other techniques have.\n\nWhen I was researching the UAE, I noticed from some support groups this trend:  women with a lot of small fibroids did better with UAE, while women with one large fibroid did better with myomectomy.  And when I say large, I mean a fibroid that is being talked about in terms of months, e.g. one fibroid that makes a person look three or five months pregnant.  The advantage that UAE has for the first group is that the UAE killed all of the fibroids no matter what size, whereas the myomectomy only addresses fibroids that can be seen.  \n\nHowever, at this point if I needed to be treated again, I would go with the HIFU first to see how that helped and then go with the UAE if HIFU didn't work.  I personally would not even let the Lupron near me - that essentially creates an artificial menopause.  \n\nNote that I'm not even mentioning hysterectomy.  I might have considered that if everything else failed, but it would have had to be a life-threatening, no other treatment had worked at all situation.\n\n\nIn the meantime, here's a couple more things I found:\n\nCholesterol is a precursor chemical to estrogen, and it is the estrogen that is causing the problems.  I recommend highly that you go on a cholesterol reducing lifestyle: \n1.  Minimize animal fats - especially sausages, bacon and (sadly) cheese.  I would not eliminate beef as it is high in dietary iron, which is absorbed more easily than supplements.\n2.  Eliminate ANY deep-fried foods.  Even foods fried in unsaturated fat has excess amounts of trans-fatty acids that cause LDL cholesterol.\n3.  Take niacin in a time-released multi-B formula.\n4.  Exercise as much as you can.\n5.  Iron - vitamin C increases absorption and calcium reduces absorption.  Add lemon or lime juice to steak and any other iron source you consume; if you are eating steak, don't have cheese or milk products, even if they are fat free.  Also, don't take a calcium supplement when you take your iron supplement, and do take a vitamin C supplement.\n\nGood luck, and I hope you get the treatment you need.
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Sure why not?  Some afib is actually relatively slow without medication, so a ventricular ectopic beat certainly could happen.  With medication it could definately happen as the typical medications - dig, b-blocker, CCB would have no effect on ventricular depolarization.  \n\nI have never seen an escape beat with afib over 120 bpm but even then I suppose it could happen.
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Cardioversion/Defibrillation. Everybody clear!\n\nThat is the only thing that I can think of, besides the medication adenosine. Something, or someone has to reset the av node.\n\nBut you know, now that I think about it, it could be a faulty mitral valve that caused the "a fib" in the first place. You should really speak to a cardiologist.\n\n*Update\nA pacemaker may also be a permanent means by which to control "A-fib" without meds. And speaking of meds, doctors don't like to use amiodarone because it is extremely toxic. Be careful stimulating those vagal receptors by coughing real hard, bearing down and such. It can cure "a fib" with a more potentially fatal heart rhythm called asystole. But don't take our word for it, I implore you to speak with a physician.
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No exercises, (save light house hold activity and maybe a little, gentle walking)  Now is not the time to engage in cardiac rehab.  Be sure to have your nitro in your pocket all of the time.  Take the nitro with ANY chest pressure, discomfort, tightness, fullness, or shortness of breath especially associated with activity.  Do not wait for it to be "painful."  Trust me on this one.  \n\nYour condition is unknown (therefore unstable) and it is impossible (and foolish) to predict what might be the case until you have your study.  The date for your angio seems uncharacteristically far away.  Usually if a person fails an exercise test we have an angiogram done within a week and often within a couple days...even the next day.  Something seems inconsistent there.  Is the date at your convenience?  If so, have it done as soon as possible so the unknown becomes known and your cardiologist can devise a treatment plan with better information.\n\nGood luck to you.