Re: For AFIBers who had catheter ablation or pulmonary vein isolation

[Guest guest]

Many of us had Rheumatic hearts, had a hereditary condition, or were athletic

when young, and as such had minor enlargement.

[Guest guest]

I never heard of a C-CRP. Can you explain? Thanks.

Kathleen Stept

, MS

>

> A Message to AFIBers who went through radiofrequency catheter

> ablation or pulmonary vein isolation (snip)

>

> The rate of success of these two procedures is an outstanding

> 95%+ of all cases treated. The patients are now free from AFIB. The

> question is, did we kill the messenger bringing bad

> news without knowing what the bad news is? The bad news is that the

> AFIBers still have the reasons for atrial fibrillation – they still

> have the inflamed plaque in the coronary heart artery; or they still

> have (at least some of them) the infection causing the inflammation.

>

> As such, and I am sure that your physician has already done

> this, I suggest that you check the C-CRP before and after procedure,

> and if possible, look for the presence in the blood of antibodies to

> C. trachomatis or of the C. pneumoniae, a relatively simple lab

> technique. (snip)

>

>

[Guest guest]

C Reactive Protein (CRP) is an abnormal protein found in the blood when

there is an inflammation of any sort present in the body. It's very

nonspecific, but recently, high levels have been shown to be a possible

predictor of heart attack. I had not heard of it's being linked to afib,

but then we've known about CRP for at least 40 years that I know of and no

one until recently linked it with heart attack. In order to get CRP results

meaningful in heart conditions a test known as hsCRP has to be ordered by

your doc.

Brenta

Re: For AFIBers who had catheter ablation or

pulmonary vein isolation

I never heard of a C-CRP. Can you explain? Thanks.

Kathleen Stept

, MS

>

> A Message to AFIBers who went through radiofrequency catheter

> ablation or pulmonary vein isolation (snip)

>

> The rate of success of these two procedures is an outstanding

> 95%+ of all cases treated. The patients are now free from AFIB. The

> question is, did we kill the messenger bringing bad

> news without knowing what the bad news is? The bad news is that the

> AFIBers still have the reasons for atrial fibrillation - they still

> have the inflamed plaque in the coronary heart artery; or they still

> have (at least some of them) the infection causing the inflammation.

>

> As such, and I am sure that your physician has already done

> this, I suggest that you check the C-CRP before and after procedure,

> and if possible, look for the presence in the blood of antibodies to

> C. trachomatis or of the C. pneumoniae, a relatively simple lab

> technique. (snip)

>

>