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P Wave too Close to QRS Wave
by yorkshireterrier, Jun 11, 2008 11:54AM
Dear Doctor
I recently had a spell of Atrial Fibrillation after a night out with my girlfriends. I had 10 Vodka and cokes that night. The following morning I felt like my ears were blocked so held my nose to try and make them pop. Well this worked but 10 minutes later I started to get chest pains that radiated out to my arms and felt like my heart was a wobbling jelly on a plate. I could literally see it jumping around my chest. anyway my partner took me to my local hospital and they found that my heart was beating at around 165 to 175 BPM. They tried me on a drip with metropolol and this did nothing, then a drip of magnesium and still nothing then later in the afternoon they gave me Flecainide through a drip and this worked after half an hour and put me back into sinus rhythm where I have now been for the past 5 weeks. I do get the occasional ectopic heartbeat but I have been having these for the past 3 to 4 years since the start of the perimenopause along with hot flushes.
I went to see my Cardiologist last week to be informed that my P wave is to close to the QRS Wave. This is what i dont understand so I am hoping that you can throw a little light on the subject. How dangerous is this and is there a name for my condition. The hospital would like me to undergo an ablation for this but I feel it is a little drastic when I have only been in A Fib just the once. Are they not telling me something? Also what are the chances of the A Fib returning if I refrain from drinking alcholhol? I am extremely anxious about this and really would like it if perhaps you could let me have your input. I have in the meantime been given flecainide as a pill in the pocket just in case the a fib does return.
I recently had a spell of Atrial Fibrillation after a night out with my girlfriends. I had 10 Vodka and cokes that night. The following morning I felt like my ears were blocked so held my nose to try and make them pop. Well this worked but 10 minutes later I started to get chest pains that radiated out to my arms and felt like my heart was a wobbling jelly on a plate. I could literally see it jumping around my chest. anyway my partner took me to my local hospital and they found that my heart was beating at around 165 to 175 BPM. They tried me on a drip with metropolol and this did nothing, then a drip of magnesium and still nothing then later in the afternoon they gave me Flecainide through a drip and this worked after half an hour and put me back into sinus rhythm where I have now been for the past 5 weeks. I do get the occasional ectopic heartbeat but I have been having these for the past 3 to 4 years since the start of the perimenopause along with hot flushes.
I went to see my Cardiologist last week to be informed that my P wave is to close to the QRS Wave. This is what i dont understand so I am hoping that you can throw a little light on the subject. How dangerous is this and is there a name for my condition. The hospital would like me to undergo an ablation for this but I feel it is a little drastic when I have only been in A Fib just the once. Are they not telling me something? Also what are the chances of the A Fib returning if I refrain from drinking alcholhol? I am extremely anxious about this and really would like it if perhaps you could let me have your input. I have in the meantime been given flecainide as a pill in the pocket just in case the a fib does return.
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