Would appreciate any feedback…

• by chip
• 2008-11-20 11:11:42
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Well the doctors have tried 3 times now to
get a lead to work in my upper chambers. My heart
is going back and forth between a junctional rhythm
and atrial fibrillation.

This last week they cracked my chest and tried to
attach a lead directly to the outside of my heart but
again no luck. My upper chambers just won’t
conduct an electrical signal.

The thoracic surgeon is saying there is no more that
can be done but that is a little hard to accept. I
talked to my EP at some length Tuesday and he is
willing to try to go in and attach a lead in the heart’s
artery that runs between the two upper chambers.
But he won’t try it until some of the swelling from
this surgery has gone down (in 2 or 3 more weeks).

He was right up front with me saying that while he
thought it was worth a try the odds of it working are
very low.

I’m wondering if anyone else out there has experienced
a similar problem and what did your doctors do to
correct it?

Thanks in advance for your help!