researcher09 or anyone else.
I am going to a lung specialist. However, that cough-hacking issue did get worse after surgery with the increase in Metoprolol.
Besides a voice box, can anything else be damaged when inserting or removing a breathing tube that could make my coughing hacking worse?
researcher09
If I understand what you are saying, that means I finally converted on my own. Which means I guess it is time to talk to a cardiologist that is considered an electrician. So hopefully, I can get off most of my medications. The reason I came to that conclusion is the medications didn't work right away and I was still in afib.
[Digoxin is contraindicated for AF so I would ask to get off of that. The lung issue can be a complication of the Maze procedure. Do you know if the procedure was done by cut-and-sew or cryo or RF? Also, did the surgeon ligate the left atrial ]
I did forget to mention that I had the coughing-hacking issue before surgery but it was only at night when I went to bed. The only medication I was taking was Metoprolol Tartrate & Lasix. However, the coughing-hacking got worse after surgery but my Metoprolol Tartrate was increased.
As far as your Maze question, I don't know. All I can remember is they said they burned something. I would have to look at my medical records to see for sure. I do have them but it is a lot to go through.
Medication typically works soon after taking it, within a couple of hours max, so you should be able to correlate the end of AF with intake of AADs. Digoxin is contraindicated for AF so I would ask to get off of that. The lung issue can be a complication of the Maze procedure. Do you know if the procedure was done by cut-and-sew or cryo or RF? Also, did the surgeon ligate the left atrial appendage?