Enlarge atria can occur due to various reasons such as high blood pressure, heart valve leak or heart failure. Prognosis depends upon the underlying disease condition.
You should consult a cardiac electriophysiologist. You need an antiarrhythic drug to prevent episodes of atrial fibrillation. If drugs fail then catheter ablation is a good choice for you. It can cure atrial fibrillation in approximately 2/3rd of people with atrial fibrillation.
No, the monitor just records the duration and frequency of atrial fibrillation. You will need a medicine to control it or a procedure called catheter ablation for cure of atrial fibrillation.
So long as you are not symptomatic, you are OK with irregular rhythm with heart rate in 80-90 beats/min, provided you are taking a blood thinner such as Coumadin. You should consult your doctor for further medical therapy or catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation. Catheter ablation can cure atrial fibrillation in about 65-70% patients.
You can do exercise which you can tolerate. There is no restriction on it. Sometimes the heart rate may go disproportionately fast during exercise, then you have to stop.
Sometime disopyramide an antiarrhythmic drug works good for patients like you. You need to see an electrophysiologist for it. If it fails then catheter ablation may provide a cure for it. It has a reasonable success rate. The initial success rate is around 70% and after a repeat ablation (if needed) success rate is up to 85%.
Sometime disopyramide an antiarrhythmic drug works good for patients like you. You need to see an electrophysiologist for it. If it fails then catheter ablation may provide a cure for it. It has a reasonable success rate. The initial success rate is around 70% and after a repeat ablation (if needed) success rate is up to 85%.
You probably have exercise related atrial fibrillation or so called adrenergic mediated atrial fibrillation. Beta-blocker group of drugs works best in this disease. You may also have to avoid strenuous exercise.
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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