Suggest Remedy For Skipped Beats And Afib After Cardiac Ablation

Posted on Fri, 18 Sep 2015

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Question : after a cardiac ablation, i have gone into afib many times and now my heart is skipping beats. I am on sotolol. What is the matter????

I am out of breath and cant even work. I will await your answer by e-mail

Answered by Dr. Benard Shehu (29 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
Following answer to your query.

Detailed Answer:
Hi and thank you for asking!
I read your query and understood your concerns.

What you are experiencing may be related to atrial fibrillation or other atrial arrhythmias, which is a common findings in patients which has done cardiac ablation.

However, if you were my patient I would recommend to do the following examinations to find out what is causing your symptoms:
- ecg
- holter monitoring
- hormone levels ( especially thyroid hormone levels ).

Hope this was of help!
Wish you health!
Dr. Shehu

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar

Follow up: Dr. Benard Shehu (23 hours later)

thank you for your inhfo

Answered by Dr. Benard Shehu (8 hours later)

Brief Answer:
You are most welcome!

Detailed Answer:
Hi back,
You are most welcome!
Dr. Shehu
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Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar