While in a-fib can u live normally?!
Question: im 52 ,3 months ago i was diagnosed with a-fib after a ekg done by my family dr. he told me to go to a hospital after leaving his office,i was given every test you could think of and all came back normal but the stress test was slightly unreadable so the cardiologist said i should have the cardio catherization....was shipped to st francis in roslyn,ny supposedly the best around ,well it came back fine except for something called myocardial bridge something dr said no stents necessary just a beta blocker to slow down my heart rate after 2 weeks of tests and ready to go home oh forgot to also say i was put on coumadin when i 1st went into the hospital of course they stopped it for 3 days so the 2nd hospital could do the catherization...the day i was being released i had a major stroke luckily for me it happened before i was released i was better in 24 hrs and went home 48 hrs after the stroke if im on coumadin and a-fib comes on can i just continue normally am i safe from strokes
Answers: im 52 ,3 months ago i was diagnosed with a-fib after a ekg done by my family dr. he told me to go to a hospital after leaving his office,i was given every test you could think of and all came back normal but the stress test was slightly unreadable so the cardiologist said i should have the cardio catherization....was shipped to st francis in roslyn,ny supposedly the best around ,well it came back fine except for something called myocardial bridge something dr said no stents necessary just a beta blocker to slow down my heart rate after 2 weeks of tests and ready to go home oh forgot to also say i was put on coumadin when i 1st went into the hospital of course they stopped it for 3 days so the 2nd hospital could do the catherization...the day i was being released i had a major stroke luckily for me it happened before i was released i was better in 24 hrs and went home 48 hrs after the stroke if im on coumadin and a-fib comes on can i just continue normally am i safe from strokes
Yes you can live normally with A-fib.I'm not a doctor so you should really discuss this with a MD. But, I am a retired nurse. With A-fib your atria which controls your heart beat is misfiring. With a normal sinus rhythm your atrial node in your right atrium fires once for every heart beat. In a-fib it fires erratically and can allow blood to pool in your heart causing small clots. That's why you are on Coumadin. Coumadin thins the blood and helps prevent clots from forming. Its the clot that causes the stroke. Its very important to follow your Dr's orders and get lab tests as ordered so everybody knows that your blood has the correct protime, which is just a scale of how thin your blood is. You don't want it too thin either. Hope this helps. The most important thing to do is to keep in touch with your MD and don't be afraid to ask him questions.
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The problem isn't while your heart is in a-fib, it's when you convert to a normal heartbeat, this is when one of those little clots can cut loose and cause a problem.
Many people stay in afib 24/7 and live a perfectly normal life and never notice their irregular heartbeat. I go into a-fib a couple times a year for a few hours and it drives me nuts, wears me out, makes it hard to breathe and crazy anxiety.
Folks that stay in aFib will be put on coumadin to prevent those clots from forming, and keeps a stroke less likely.
Yes, you can live a normal live while in atrial fibrillation. The coumadine cuts your risk of a stroke from about 4,6 per 100 patient years to about 2,4 per 100 patient years, unfortunately not to zero. Side effect: about 2 per 100 patient years bleeding. You you were quite unlucky to have had a stroke. Betablockers and often digoxin are prescribed to slow down the heart beat, it has been researched that this is quite good, no need to convert to regular (sinus) rythm.