You may gain a little weight after cardiac ablation although most people don't gain any weight after a cardiac ablation.
An ablation lasts around 3 years or 36 months although some ablations may last longer.
The long term success of AF ablation procedures, defined as freedom from arrhythmia recurrence for a minimum of 36 months off antiarrhythmic therapy, can be achieved in many patients.
A heart ablation is pretty safe and does not always shorten your life span.
Although in some cases having a heart ablation may shorten your lifespan depending on your age and overall health.
Heart Ablation surgery is not really serious and it carries very little risks.
A cardiac ablation is a minimally invasive procedure and the risks and complications are rare.
Although catheter ablation may require an overnight stay in the hospital, most patients can return home the same day as the procedure.
Good candidates for cardiac ablation include people who have very bothersome symptoms, including issues such as palpitations, lightheadedness, shortness of breath, and exertional fatigue and it is not responsive to at least one concerted effort at antiarrhythmic drug therapy.
To fully heal after an ablation it takes around 8 weeks for the heart to heal after the ablation.
In the days after the heart ablation procedure, you might experience mild symptoms such as an achy chest and discomfort, or bruising in the area where the catheter was inserted.
You might also notice skipped heartbeats or irregular heart rhythms.
Most people can return to their normal activities within a few days after having the heart ablation.
Side effects of a heart ablation include.
Bleeding or infection at the site where the catheter was inserted.
Blood vessel damage.
Heart valve damage.
New or worsening arrhythmia.
Slow heart rate that could require a pacemaker to correct.
Blood clots in the legs or lungs (venous thromboembolism)
Stroke or heart attack.
A person can have up to 2 heart ablations safely although most people only need 1 heart ablation.
Long-term success of AF ablation procedures, defined as freedom from arrhythmia recurrence for a minimum of 36 months off antiarrhythmic therapy, can be achieved in many patients.
You can live a long life after a heart ablation although some people may die within 5 to 10 years or so after the heart ablation although that's not always the case.
After a single ablation procedure, arrhythmia-free survival rates were 40%, 37%, and 29% at one, two, and five years.
Cardiac ablation is a procedure that scars tissue in your heart to block irregular electrical signals.
It is used to treat heart rhythm problems (arrhythmias).
Long flexible tubes (catheters) are threaded through blood vessels to the heart.
You should be worried about an irregular heartbeat if the irregular heartbeat lasts longer than a few days to a week or if the irregular heartbeat keeps coming back again and again.
You should also be concerned and worried about an irregular heart beat if you have you have or experience fainting, swelling in your leg, shortness of breath you should seek medical attention right away,
Although an irregular heartbeat every now and then is not usually anything serious it's still a good idea to get checked out to be sure nothing is really wrong with your heart.
To check for an irregular heartbeat home you can use a stethoscope and you'll usually hear fluttering sounds or the heart will flutter and you'll feel it.
A doctor will do an EKG to check for the irregular heartbeat.
An EKG records the electrical activity of your heart.
During the EKG you'll wear small electrode patches on your chest, arms, and legs for the quick, painless test, which you take in your doctor's office.
The most common cause of an irregular heartbeat is atrial fibrillation.
An irregular heartbeat can also be caused by having had a heart attack, smoking, congenital heart defects, and stress.
Although lack of sleep, exercise, running, jogging etc can cause irregular heart beat but it should go away.
Vitamin B6 paired with magnesium can help an irregular heartbeat and arrhythmia.
Magnesium and potassium help keep your heart stable.
If your body doesn't have enough magnesium, it can cause an irregular heartbeat, muscle weakness, and irritability.
When you have arrhythmia you will usually feel like you have a flutter or quiver in your chest when your heart beats.
Arrhythmia means your heart is out of its usual rhythm and with arrhythmia you may feel like your heart skipped a beat, added a beat, or is "fluttering."
It might feel like it's beating too fast (which doctors call tachycardia) or too slow (called bradycardia).
Or in some cases you might not notice anything.
Your heart might beat faster than usual, pound, or race.
The feeling often lasts for a few minutes.
A lack of sleep or no sleep can cause arrhythmia, irregular heart beat and heart palpitations.
No sleep or lack of sleep can cause arrhythmia and put you at risk for atrial fibrillation.
Poor sleep, including abrupt awakenings, can generate a sharp uptick in heart rate.
Research has also found that people with sleeping problems are more likely to complain of an irregular heartbeat.
For these reasons, lack of sleep may be tied to heart palpitations.
A VT episode is ventricular tachycardia which is a fast abnormal heart rhythm.
Ventricular tachycardia (VT or V-tach) is a type of abnormal heart rhythm, or arrhythmia.
It occurs when the lower chamber of the heart beats too fast to pump well and the body doesn't receive enough oxygenated blood.
The condition of ventricular fibrillation is life threatening.
When someone is experiencing ventricular fibrillation it requires medical treatment quickly or it can result in death.
In ventricular fibrillation, the heart's beating process isn't happening in the right order.
Both ventricular tachycardia and ventricular fibrillation are considered life-threatening because they can lead to collapse and sudden cardiac arrest.
In emergencies, both are typically treated with defibrillation.
Atrial fibrillation is worse than ventricular tachycardia as Atrial Fibrillation can cause loss of consciousness and even death more quickly than ventricular tachycardia.
The ventricular tachycardia is not the same as atrial fibrillation as ventricular fibrillation is more serious than atrial fibrillation.
Ventricular fibrillation frequently results in loss of consciousness and death, because ventricular arrhythmias are more likely to interrupt the pumping of blood, or undermine the heart's ability to supply the body with oxygen-rich blood.
In AFib, the heart's rate and rhythm will become irregular. Although serious, AFib is not typically an immediately life-threatening event. In VFib, the heart will no longer pump blood. VFib is a medical emergency that will lead to death if not treated promptly.
The first-line treatment for ventricular tachycardia are anti-arrhythmic medications such as amiodarone which is most commonly used, along with lidocaine, and in some cases procainamide.
The most common cause of ventricular tachycardia is heart disease although stress and anxiety can lead to ventricular tachycardia as well.
Most cases ventricular tachycardia is caused by heart disease, such as a previous heart attack, a congenital heart defect, hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, dilated cardiomyopathy, or myocarditis.
Amiodarone is the drug of choice for the treatment of hemodynamically unstable VT that is refractory to other antiarrhythmic agents.
Ventricular tachycardia does sometimes go away on it's own within 30 seconds.