Those heart rates are within a normal range. Heart rates can vary quite a bit. If you have gained weight, then this may be one of the causes. Regular exercise will slow your heart rate over time. Thyroid problems are also associated with weight gain and changes in heart rates.
I am sorry to hear about your brother. I am not sure I understand the question, but a pacemaker is used for slow heart rates and occasionally to improve heart failure symptoms. Infection is one of the most common complications. The arm swelling could be from a clot that formed when the wires were placed in the vein for the pacemaker. Blood thinners are usually used to treat this.
Patients having setbacks after major surgery is not that uncommon. I would suggest that you be around when the doctors round to get an update. The nurses and hospital chaplains are also very helpful in communicating and explaining what is going on. Talk with them. I wish you the best.
Angina is usually associated with artery blockages but can be seen without major blockages. She should be evaluated for blockages. Regarding valves, angina is usually only associated with a very tight valve and not leaky valves as often. Cardiologist usually evaluate the valves by physical exam and ultrasound.
There is some suggestion that ginseng may interfere with Warfarin. It is recommended not to take both. A neurologist has other medications that may help, that can be used with Warfarin.
I would suspect that anxiety does have something to do with it. Showering itself is not a major stressor to the heart unless the water is very hot or cold. Regular exercise (5 days a week, 40 minutes or more, getting your heart rate to greater than 70 percent predicted) reduces the baseline heart rate and makes it less likely to go higher with minimal stress.
Cryoablation in particular has no indication. It is simply an ablation technique. Ablation for atrial fibrillation is indicated in patients with symptoms who have failed a rhythm drug.
Dr. Andrea Natale
Dr. Andrea Natale is a board certified electrophysiology expert and practices at executive medical director of the Texas Cardiac Arrhythmia Institute at St. David's Medical Center in Austin, Texas. Dr. Natale also is the Senior Medical Director at Pacific Atrial Fib and Arrhythmia Center in San Francisco. He visits MetroHealth in Cleveland, and Akron General, Ohio. He has pioneered a new circumferential ultrasound vein-ablation system to correct atrial fibrillation and performed the procedure on the world's first five patients. For further details Please visit :Link
Dr. Dhanunjaya Lakkireddy
Dr. Dhanunjaya Lakkireddy, MD, F.A.C.C, FHRS. is a board certified electrophysiology expert and practices at Mid-America Cardiology and The University of Kansas Hospital Clinics in Kansas City, KS, USA. He has several distinctions in clinical and research career to his credit and serves as an associate editor for Journal of Atrial Fibrillation.For further details Please visit :Link
Dr. Dhanunjay Lakkireddy, MD, F.A.C.C, FHRS, The Kansas City Heart Rhythm Institute (KCHRI), KS, USA.
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