Lovenox and atrial fibrillation

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Avatar n tn Currently I am on Tarka, Niaspan and Coumadin for HTN and atrial fibrillation. On 1/11, Sectral was added to my cardiac med profile to aid in arrythmia control. On 1/26 I started Lovenox prior to a colonoscopy. These are the only two meds changed, with all other meds longstanding. On 12/1 I had a complete metabolic profile drawn for a routine endocrinology follow up and LFTs then were ALT 17 and AST 18.
Avatar f tn Are there alternatives to coumadin for treating atrial fibrillation in an 89 year old male? This discussion is related to <a href='/posts/show/794153'>Live Health Chat: Atrial Fibrillation, April 13th (Special Guest Dr. Bruce Lindsay, Cleveland Clinic)</a>.
Avatar n tn My husband has Atrial Fibrillation (chronic) and is on Coumadin Therapy. He is scheduled for a hernia repair (inguinal) outpatient surgery and is very anxious about a blood clot after surgery as he has had friends who have died from blood clots. Is there data available regarding this post-operative complication that would decrease his anxiety? He has been told to stop his Coumadin 5 days prior to the surgery and restart it after surgery.
Avatar m tn 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?
Avatar m tn 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.
Avatar n tn 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.
428155 tn?1203688894 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.
Avatar m tn 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.
Avatar m tn 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.
Avatar f tn 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.
535882 tn?1396576685 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.
1723161 tn?1309771519 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.
Avatar f tn 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.
Avatar n tn 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.
Avatar n tn 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.
Avatar m tn The last time I had Lovenox was one year ago and I was at 2.6 when I started the Lovenox. At that time I quit taking coumadin until after the procedure. The day after the procedure, I started up on coumadin and continued to taking the Lovenox until I was therapeutic again (between 2-3 INR). You stated that you were worried about the AFib. I assume you were referring to AFib while you are off coumadin and on Lovenox. I wouldn't worry about that.
Avatar m tn 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.
Avatar f tn 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?
Avatar m tn 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.
Avatar n tn Happy to hear that the ablation worked for you. Do you know what the SVT was? (e.g., Atrial Flutter, Atrial Fibrillation, single focus atrial tachycardia?
3885607 tn?1348508726 Ask your doctor what he thinks - is it caused by the atrial fibrillation or is it causing atrial fibrillation?
Avatar n tn re having some trouble with your atrial fibrillation. If you have intermittent atrial fibrillation and your heart rate and blood pressure are normal, you don't need to rush to the ED. The '48 hours' people discuss is the window period that is often used to determine whether a patient can safely be "cardioverted" or knocked into a normal rhythm, either with drugs or with an electric shock.