Cardioversion

Hi, folks -

I had an icd installed 7 months ago. I got a double-whack cardioversion about a month later to get Afib under control. No help. 

Then assorted blood scans, TEE and cardiac ablation. Dr said all blood vessels were clear. “I didn’t see one crumb!”

Now I’m scheduled for a cardioversion the end of this week. If my icd scan shows no Afib, the nurse says, the cardioversion will be called off!

Is there any precedent to this? I sometimes feel I’m on a short leash!

I’m 75 years old. The ripe age for Afib. I think I need some fatherly advice. 

2 Comments

ICD not for AFIB

by BOBTHOM - 2018-12-18 20:37:19

Not sure I understand your question completely but it's my understanding that ICD's are not used to tread AFIB, only VFIB and VTACH.  Not sure how an ICD scan would show AFIB?  I know that mine does not record those events.

Afib shown on ICD

by islandgirl - 2018-12-27 12:34:40

My ICD shows afib events on a graph.  I have uncommon short runs of afib.  It doesn't treat it.  Bobthom is right....ICDs only treat vfib and vtach.

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