Guest guest Posted April 28, 2004 Report Share Posted April 28, 2004 O said: <<My EP says the flutter is easily cured with ablation as they know what to ablate and where. Is this true, I don't recall seeing anything like this on this group before. You would still be left with the A-Fib though.>> I think it is true that flutter is much easier to ablate than a-fib. However, if it were me, I would want to have someone do it who could get rid of the a-fib too. I mean, they got their tubes and imaging stuff inside your heart, why not go for the total cure and be done with it? - OU alum in MI Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 29, 2004 Report Share Posted April 29, 2004 > O said: > > <<My EP says the flutter is easily cured with > ablation as they know what to ablate and where. > > I think it is true that flutter is much easier to ablate than a- fib. > However, if it were me, I would want to have someone do it who could get > rid of the a-fib too. I mean, they got their tubes and imaging stuff > inside your heart, why not go for the total cure and be done with it? I agree with - I have heard flutter is a much better understood procedure, and heck why not try to fix both since they're in there. Although there may be additional risks doing both - time to chat with your doc about hthis. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 29, 2004 Report Share Posted April 29, 2004 Wouldn't a good EP take care of both problems at once? I would think that both problems with be taken care of with one swoop. Debbi, OU Alum in OKC Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 30, 2004 Report Share Posted April 30, 2004 --- Hi, I have both a-flutter and a-fib. The a-fib was diagnosed first but I now know I had a-fluter before the a-fib. I had a flutter ablation several years ago and my EP also said it was a relatively straight forward procedure as the a-flutter circuit occurs pretty much in the same place in everyone. When I had my ablation my EP told me it might cure the a-fib it might not, but at the very least it should make the a-fib easier to control. In my case that didn't turn out to be true but he pretty much did elminate the a-flutter. Often it starts as a-flutter and turns to a-fib quite quickly. They can easily take a look to see if you have a few focal points were the a- fib starts and then ablate those at the same time of the flutter ablation. If you have multiple focal points (places that spark a- fib) then a radiofrequency ablation can get to be a case of the dog chasing its tail. Beverly You should sit down and have another in-depth conversation with your EP about options and what he thinks the flutter ablation would accomplish etc. In AFIBsupport , " thewxvan " <thewxvan@i...> wrote: > Hi > ((snip))My EP says the flutter is easily cured with > ablation as they know what to ablate and where. > > Is this true, I don't recall seeing anything like this on this group > before. You would still be left with the A-Fib though. > > What are the advantages to this procedure? > > Comments???? > > Regards O Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 30, 2004 Report Share Posted April 30, 2004 No, actually ... the " mechanisms " or " circuits " (as one person described earlier) that cause AFib and AFlutter are different. AFlutter is much easier to resolve via ablation from what I understand ... and has a much higher success rate of resolution via ablation. Larry E. > Wouldn't a good EP take care of both problems at once? I would think > that both problems with be taken care of with one swoop. > > Debbi, OU Alum in OKC Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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