Guest guest Posted March 2, 2006 Report Share Posted March 2, 2006 They say your heart begins to remodel with the more episodes you have " Afib begets Afib " . However does the opposite hold true. If you start having fewer and fewer episodes and you stay in NSR longer does your remodel the other way. " NSR begets NSR " Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 3, 2006 Report Share Posted March 3, 2006 I always felt this was the case.. I felt like my heart was much more likely to jump back into afib just after an event than weeks later. I do know that extended NSR can lead to a reduction in enlarged atria, so why not remodel in a positive direction? Stef jackyb1956 jackyb1956@...> wrote: They say your heart begins to remodel with the more episodes you have " Afib begets Afib " . However does the opposite hold true. If you start having fewer and fewer episodes and you stay in NSR longer does your remodel the other way. " NSR begets NSR " Web Page - http://www.afibsupport.com List owner: AFIBsupport-owner For help on how to use the group, including how to drive it via email, send a blank email to AFIBsupport-help Nothing in this message should be considered as medical advice, or should be acted upon without consultation with one's physician. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 3, 2006 Report Share Posted March 3, 2006 My EP says yes. REMODELING They say your heart begins to remodel with the more episodes you have " Afib begets Afib " . However does the opposite hold true. If you start having fewer and fewer episodes and you stay in NSR longer does your remodel the other way. " NSR begets NSR " Web Page - http://www.afibsupport.com List owner: AFIBsupport-owner For help on how to use the group, including how to drive it via email, send a blank email to AFIBsupport-help Nothing in this message should be considered as medical advice, or should be acted upon without consultation with one's physician. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 3, 2006 Report Share Posted March 3, 2006 Many of us who have had successful ablations have experienced the " remodeling effect " , i.e., echocardiograms that indicated enlarged atriums before the procedure & then returning to normal limits after. (I probably should add that I was 24/7 AF, so the remodeling process - beginning with enlargement of the atriums - for us chronic types would occur sooner than paroxysmal fibbers) Thor REMODELING They say your heart begins to remodel with the more episodes you have " Afib begets Afib " . However does the opposite hold true. If you start having fewer and fewer episodes and you stay in NSR longer does your remodel the other way. " NSR begets NSR " Web Page - http://www.afibsupport.com List owner: AFIBsupport-owner For help on how to use the group, including how to drive it via email, send a blank email to AFIBsupport-help Nothing in this message should be considered as medical advice, or should be acted upon without consultation with one's physician. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 3, 2006 Report Share Posted March 3, 2006 Please make sure to ask your doctor to prescribe you ace inhibitors or blood pressure lowering medications (i am not sure what class), that will prevent the heart to remodel itself to afib. My ep at UCLA & entire group of cardiomiopathy department says that. Alfred TK Iverson tkiverson@...> wrote: Many of us who have had successful ablations have experienced the " remodeling effect " , i.e., echocardiograms that indicated enlarged atriums before the procedure & then returning to normal limits after. (I probably should add that I was 24/7 AF, so the remodeling process - beginning with enlargement of the atriums - for us chronic types would occur sooner than paroxysmal fibbers) Thor REMODELING They say your heart begins to remodel with the more episodes you have " Afib begets Afib " . However does the opposite hold true. If you start having fewer and fewer episodes and you stay in NSR longer does your remodel the other way. " NSR begets NSR " Web Page - http://www.afibsupport.com List owner: AFIBsupport-owner For help on how to use the group, including how to drive it via email, send a blank email to AFIBsupport-help Nothing in this message should be considered as medical advice, or should be acted upon without consultation with one's physician. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 3, 2006 Report Share Posted March 3, 2006 Back in 2001 I was in akways in a-fib and had the enlarged left atrium thing going on also. Long story short ... I switched doctors and had a successful cardioversion and my left atrium returned to normal size in about 8 months. It proved to me the the heart can repair itself .. but still leaves me wondering why A-fib returns time after time. The heart can repair itself .... So begone AFIB .. I banish you! TK Iverson tkiverson@...> wrote: Many of us who have had successful ablations have experienced the " remodeling effect " , i.e., echocardiograms that indicated enlarged atriums before the procedure & then returning to normal limits after. (I probably should add that I was 24/7 AF, so the remodeling process - beginning with enlargement of the atriums - for us chronic types would occur sooner than paroxysmal fibbers) Thor REMODELING They say your heart begins to remodel with the more episodes you have " Afib begets Afib " . However does the opposite hold true. If you start having fewer and fewer episodes and you stay in NSR longer does your remodel the other way. " NSR begets NSR " Web Page - http://www.afibsupport.com List owner: AFIBsupport-owner For help on how to use the group, including how to drive it via email, send a blank email to AFIBsupport-help Nothing in this message should be considered as medical advice, or should be acted upon without consultation with one's physician. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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