Atrial Fibrilation
27 watchers
Nov 2019
10:20pm, 6 Nov 2019
1,447 posts
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Heinzster
Flatlander, out of curiosity, what anticoagulant did they give you? Our near default one is Apixaban, but the health board is beginning to push towards Edoxaban which is cheaper but less cost effective when excess bleeds and clots are taken into account.
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Nov 2019
7:01am, 7 Nov 2019
1,517 posts
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Flatlander
Rivaroxaban, trade name Xarelto, a NOAC (Novel Oral Anti-Coagulant) which is a Factor Xa inhibitor. Despite NOACs having no antidote (although one has recently been developed https://www.ema.europa.eu/en/news/first-antidote-reversal-anticoagulation-factor-xa-inhibitors-apixaban-rivaroxaban) (Warfarin inhibits Vitamin K, so the antidote is to just give the patient more Vitamin K) I was happy to take it instead of Warfarin since the dose of Warfarin is difficult to get right due to variations in dietary intake of Vitamin K (found mainly in green leafy vegetables). |
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Nov 2019
7:02am, 7 Nov 2019
1,518 posts
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Flatlander
Sorry, here is the link above ema.europa.eu
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Nov 2019
8:31am, 7 Nov 2019
27,111 posts
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macca 53
I didn’t realise this thread was still a thing. Five years and 7 months since my second ablation and I am still symptom and medication free 😀 |
Nov 2019
8:34am, 7 Nov 2019
29,129 posts
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Mrs Jigs (Luverlylegs)
Does anyone know if there is a difference between cardiac ablation and catheter ablation?
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Nov 2019
8:40am, 7 Nov 2019
116,007 posts
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GregP
12 lurkers? It seems to be very much still a thing.
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Nov 2019
8:45am, 7 Nov 2019
27,113 posts
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macca 53
I bet they’ve all leapt over from o50 thread 😀
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Nov 2019
8:57am, 7 Nov 2019
116,008 posts
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GregP
Well until you (?) told me, I assumed O50 was the place for all things AF...
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Nov 2019
9:07am, 7 Nov 2019
27,114 posts
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macca 53
Page 23 shows all the posts from 2016-2019 so not really a thing.....I’m pretty sure Canute posted various things in there, especially around trying to find links/causes for elite level athletes having significantly higher incidence of AF than the general population......
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Nov 2019
10:34am, 7 Nov 2019
116,010 posts
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GregP
News from me: Blood test at 07;25 tomorrow. Thence to see a cardiologist. My AF is mild, apparently, and I may get away with being prescribed nothing more dramatic than asprin, although in probability it will be warfarin or one of its more modern cousins. |
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