Guest guest Posted December 7, 2004 Report Share Posted December 7, 2004 Good day. Many on this board have experience with ablations. Successful and partially successful. At major medical centers, full pulmonary vein ablations are routine. That is right and left sides and flutter if necessary are done. In the secondary medical centers, ablations are a lot less common. Simply, experienced EP's and state of the art equipment and facilities. You state the two EP's " will attempt. " This has a tone of uncertainty to me. Where are you having your work done? Do you have any other heart problems that would make your ablation risky? Rich O Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 7, 2004 Report Share Posted December 7, 2004 " ...flutter ablation, done in the right atrium,is " easier " to do than A-fib ablation in the left ablation, has a very high success rate... " Jan 6 two EPs will attempt to do both of these in the same procedure on me. Anyone have any experience with this? I'm told the left ventrecal ablation is the prime target but that they'll try the flutter too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 7, 2004 Report Share Posted December 7, 2004 > " ...flutter ablation, done in the right atrium,is " easier " to do than A-fib > ablation in the left ablation, has a very high success rate... " > > Jan 6 two EPs will attempt to do both of these in the same procedure on me. > Anyone have any experience with this? I'm told the left ventrecal ablation > is the prime target but that they'll try the flutter too. I would be very cautious about what is being proposed. My first EP wanted to solve my Afib/flutter problem by doing a flutter ablation on the theory that the flutter trigger afib, and without flutter the afib could be controlled with drugs. After 3 failed flutter ablations, I went to Dr. Natale at Marin General, who said that he thought that the analysis was backwards--i.e., if he could stop the afib, the flutter would cease. While he had his tools inside my heart he noted that every run of flutter that I had while on the table was preceded by afib. That was in November of 2003. I have been free of afib and flutter ever since he did the PVI. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 7, 2004 Report Share Posted December 7, 2004 I'm new but have known two people who had success with ablation. When I mentioned it to my cardiologist last week he explained it would not help AF but rather SupraVentricular something. I live in the SF Bay Area; can you recommend someone for a second opinion?? Re: flutter frib Good day. Many on this board have experience with ablations. Successful and partially successful. At major medical centers, full pulmonary vein ablations are routine. That is right and left sides and flutter if necessary are done. In the secondary medical centers, ablations are a lot less common. Simply, experienced EP's and state of the art equipment and facilities. You state the two EP's " will attempt. " This has a tone of uncertainty to me. Where are you having your work done? Do you have any other heart problems that would make your ablation risky? Rich O Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 8, 2004 Report Share Posted December 8, 2004 In a message dated 12/8/04 9:46:58 AM Eastern Standard Time, michele_b@... writes: > 'm new but have known two people who had success with ablation. When I > mentioned it to my cardiologist last week he explained it would not help > AF but rather SupraVentricular something. > I live in the SF Bay Area; can you recommend someone for a second > opinion?? > Michele, Marin General in San is visited monthly by Dr. Andre Natale of the Cleveland Clinic. He is the top EP in the US as it relates to AF. He see's patients at Marin General. His main hospital, the Cleveland Clinic, is the #1 heart hospital in the US. You should check him out. Others on the board will weigh in on this as well, I'm sure. The U Of SF also has a world class cardio dept. Rich O Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 8, 2004 Report Share Posted December 8, 2004 Try the UCSF, go to their website & search for their EP lab. Dr. Natale, from Cleveland clinic also practices at Marin General Hospital once a month. These are the medical facilities that have the best doctors & equipments in N. California. I did my PVA at UCLA 6 weeks ago & after 15 years of suffering, enjoy my life without af. Alfred Michele Baldenegro wrote: I'm new but have known two people who had success with ablation. When I mentioned it to my cardiologist last week he explained it would not help AF but rather SupraVentricular something. I live in the SF Bay Area; can you recommend someone for a second opinion?? Re: flutter frib Good day. Many on this board have experience with ablations. Successful and partially successful. At major medical centers, full pulmonary vein ablations are routine. That is right and left sides and flutter if necessary are done. In the secondary medical centers, ablations are a lot less common. Simply, experienced EP's and state of the art equipment and facilities. You state the two EP's " will attempt. " This has a tone of uncertainty to me. Where are you having your work done? Do you have any other heart problems that would make your ablation risky? Rich O Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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