bystolic and atrial fibrillation

Recently, I was diagnosed with atrial fibrillation. I thought my problem was from stress, but the Dr. said it wasn't. She prescribed Bystolic 5 mg. (to slow heart down) and coumadin 5 mg. I take these 2 pills at night, because that was when I usually got these episodes of a "racing heart", which would last 3 hrs. or more. She said my condition was more like "an aging heart".....which, I am 77 yrs. old and never had a problem before.

My blood pressure was first medicated with losartan, after early morning headcahes were waking me. Years later that symptom returned, and bystolic was added. Things were great for years again. My new symptoms include a widening gap between the upper number and lower number-the lower number has dropped into the 60's and my upper number has risen to 150's to 180's, yet I weigh less now than when I started bystolic.

I'm 35, white, 6'-4" (193 cm), 155 lbs (70 kg). I've been having premature atrial contractions (PACs) for about ten years. These were originally diagnosed by wearing an event/Holter monitor. They've always been asymptomatic (i.e., no lightheadedness, fatigue, syncope, etc.). Because I'm very thin and have a minor case of pectus excavatum, I tend to feel the palpitations quite distinctly, though especially while inactive and sitting or laying down.

Thank you for the reply. When I made a connection between my atrial fibrillation episodes and NSAID's, I asked my cardiologist about it. She was skeptical, to say the least. I find it interesting that studies have overwhelmingly proven this correlation in Great Britain and Denmark, yet no similar studies have apparently been funded in the U.S. Could Big Pharma be suppressing this information in the interest of sales of NSAID's?

I have a long history of occassional palpitations (PACs), which have become more frequent and occur most days in recent months, also with occasional episodes of atrial fibrillation. My EKG is normal. My recent annual echo shows, for the first time, a finding of mild to moderate anteroseptal and mild mid-anterior hypokinesis. EF is 72%, other measures are within normal, except mild LAE (4.1 cm) and mild MR, TR, PR regurgitation.

Thanks for the information. EKG did show atrial fibrillation each time. Echo and stress tests were normal. Cholesterol is well within normal ranges. I do snore and sometimes wake myself up, but I usually sleep fairly well. I get up at least once in the night to use the bathroom. With these uncomfortable epidsodes of pounding/racing heart, I have hightened anxiety and almost hesitant to go to bed, which is of course making me more tired.

This is why the sotalol -- potent beta blocker -- might make your atrial fibrillation worse. If you do not have coronary artery disease and you have normal heart function, medications like flecainide or propafenone. If these medications do not help and heart rate control does not improve your symptoms, a atrial fibrillation ablation (also called pulmonary vein isolation) is also an option.

well, talked with the EP yesterday. he recommended that i not go through with an ablation procedure at this point. since i've only experienced the AF once, and the bystolic seems to be doing a good job, he recommends that i make some lifestyle changes (diet, lose some weight, stress techniques, etc) and see if i can't kick the arryhthymia that way. he was very straight-forward with me about everything, so i was very appreciative.

I am 28 years old and otherwise a healthy individual. Last April I woke up one day with what I believe to have been atrial fibrillation, but by the time the EMT's arrived, I had converted. The doctor's at the hospital told me not to sweat it. I then had about two more episodes of atrial fibrillation after binge drinking the night before, but converted on my own. I did not think there was much of a problem until about a month and a half ago when I started to get PVC's every night.

Is there any way of distinguishing between ventricular and atrial fibrillation from the symptoms? The holter does not catch the arrhythmia due to sporadic episodes.

You ask if PACs (and PAC couplets) may initiate atrial fibrillation or SVT. As atrial fibrillation and SVT both are caused by atrial ectopic activity, the answer is yes, atrial fibrillation and SVT starts with a PAC. However, almost every person alive have PACs, meaning that most people with PACs will never have atrial fibrillation.

High blood pressure and thyroid disease are both risk factors for developing atrial fibrillation. The fact that you had post-operative atrial fibrillation confirms that your left atrium is capable of maintaining atrial fibrillation. Furthermore, your left atrium is enlarged which is also a risk factor for developing atrial fibrillation. All this put together with the ongoing symptoms would make me concerned about episodic or as we call it paroxysmal atrial fibrillation.

Her doctor told me that she has many infarcts in her brain and that preventing atrial fibrillation attacks and stroke is very important. I pray everyday to God to give my mother many more years so she could gain more experiences in this world. Pradaxa here in our country costs USD$1.3 per capsule. Her doctor is worried to give her Coumadin because of constant monitoring and risk of bleeding. My mother can still walk and do her activities of daily living except cooking and cleaning the house.

For some insight, Atrial Fibrillation induces an abnormal heart rhythm (irregular, slow, fast, skipped beats) and can affect almost anyone. Although it is linked to several cardiac conditions, Artial Fibrillation can also occur in otherwise normal hearts. The risk of Atrial Fibrillation increases significantly with age.

s only one situation where pacemakers play an important role in patients with atrial fibrillation, and that is in patients who have both atrial fibrillation and they have slow heart rhythms. That's a condition that's referred to as tachy-brady syndrome. There are some patients that will go into atrial fibrillation for a period of time. The atrial fibrillation will stop and then their underlying heart rate is extremely slow.

im on beta blockers also, and i can continually feel my heart beat, too. i also had to stay in the hospital because of a fast heart rate, but they diagnosed me with atrial fibrillation. i think the constant awareness of my heartbeat makes me think that it's pounding, and is a side effect of the beta blockers. i started off on metoprolol, but am now on bystolic, which has a lot less nasty side effects for me.

There are many thousands of causes for this symptoms, one of which (by no means tha most common) is atrial fibrillation. Atrial fibrillation is a disorganized chaotic activity in the atrial tissues, and is significant because if untreated can lead to strokes. Only an EKG during an event, or more likely an event recorder can tell if atrial fibrillation is causing one's palpitations.

I took atenolol for a couple of years and it did the same thing to me. I only took it once a day and I could tell when it started to wear off because the skipped beats would stop. Within an hour of taking the medication in the morning they would start back up again. I switched to bystolic and it doesn't seem to do it as consistently, but if my heart rate gets really slow or if I increase the dose of bystolic (try to take 10mg vs 5), they start back up again.

it will start beating around 105 and skip every third or forth beat and do it all night long and then the next day its fine for another 30 or 40 days what could be causing this. its really about to get the best of me.

And you have a fast heart rate when you are in atrial fibrillation and a slow heart rate when you are not in atrial fibrillation. This is called tachy-brady syndrome. You had an AV node ablation procedure that destroyed the AV node in your heart. You have a problem with the natural pacemaker of the heart (AV or SA node). You take a medicine for atrial fibrillation that slows your heart rate too much.

Is there any relation between periodic breathing as detected and reported by the PR SystemOne BPAP Auto and the eCardio eVolution Event Monitor reported arrhythmias and atrial fibrillation?

This will of course not rule out that you may be in atrial fibrillation on occation, and I would recommend going to a doctor or emergency room to register an EKG (not because it's an emergency, but whichever is faster) when you have irregular heart beats, to confirm or rule out that you still have runs of atrial fibrillation, or to detect if you suffer any new arrhythmia.

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