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My Mom, 63, Underwent A Aflutter Ablation This Past Friday.

My mom, 63, underwent a Aflutter ablation this past Friday. However, when they were stimulating her heart, Afib was seen not Aflutter. So, the procedure was aborted. They stimulated A-fib twice, so she was cardioverted twice to get her heart out of a-fib. They started her on flecanaid and eloquise. Now she is feeling really bad. Lots of Chest discomfort, weak, dizzy and numbness in her left arm, mostly wrist area. Her radial pulse in the left is very very faint. I took her to the ER on Monday, concern for PE but that was ruled out. They said her chest discomfort was from the shock of the cardioversion and that her dizziness may be from the flecanaid. Is this normal? HOw long will she be feeling bad. Is there any reason why she should be having numbness in her left arm. FYI...They accessed her rt groin vein not an artery
Fri, 15 Jan 2016
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