Thursday, January 28, 2010

Atrial Fibrillation

I went to my electrophysiologist for a routine check on my pacemaker, and they told me that I had been in atrial fibrillation 30% of the time.

I am also showing signs of pulmonary hypertension and right ventricular enlargement, and that is all new.

They seemed quite concerned, but I like this doctor because he doesn't just "watch it for now".

The doubled my dosage of Lisinopril, and programmed my pacemaker to suppress the Afib. They told me to come back in a month.

The good news is those steps seemed to work and I was down to 1% Afib, so we dodged another surgery for now.

I was grateful.

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