My FitBit watch notified me of Afib. When it didn’t pass I did some research then went to my PC doc predisposed to do a cardio version then Ablation. Both my EP doc and second cardiologist decided I wasn’t a good candidate for cardio version. I think because my heart stopped momentarily during Afib episodes.

I had an Ablation 13 months ago. In at 6, in recovery before noon, discharged at 5 feeling great. No more Afib or medications. Back to active life without restrictions.

I have had several cardioversions over the years. Bur for me, it was only a temporary fix the few times my heart didn't convert on its own for a long while.

That said, I kept putting off the ablation, hoping the AF would "just go away."

Obviously it never did, and only got worse. The very last year of episodes, before having my ablation, I rarely saw even 10 consecutive days of sinus rhythm
Boy, I wish I'd had the procedure done sooner!

Now 11 months straight of sinus rhythm!
Woohoo! So glad I finally did it!

AND, I am off amiodarone now, too!

-- Debb

In May of 2022 after an ECG, stress test, heart cath. 3 medications to cover their butts the Doctors performed a successful cardio version. I bought a Kardia-Mobile soon afterward and check sometimes several times a day, been normal sinus rhythm ever since. Since the pharmacology the cardiologists ordered [3 different drugs, different Doctors / same office] I haven't felt as good as I did before the drugs even when I had AFib? The cardio version is I believe the easiest, fastest, least invasive procedure and depending on the individual condition might work. For how long? Who knows?

My husband had four cardioversions, and three ablations over a period of 6 years, the last one done by heart surgeon during his 5 bypasses surgery in 2019. He went for his first ablation, which worked about a year. Then had to have a second ablation, but the other ablation did not help very long, like 3 days. During bypass surgery when the surgeon did the ablation, my husband flipped back to A-fib by time he was in recovery room. He had a pacemaker implanted 4 yrs. ago and has not had a problem since, still in Sinus Rhy.

Hi All, I've had four cardio versions. One held me in sinus rhythm for one day. The second/third didn't work. The fourth held me in sinus for several months, then I fractured four vertebrae which threw me back into AFib and 67 days in the hospital. As I've written before, in have dextrocardia and Sirius inversus. Heart on right and major organs that have a specific location, reversed. Because of the dextro cardia, EP's are reluctant to do an ablation. I'm about to begin looking for an EP that has done them before. I have two EP's one in Boston and one in California. Both have said "no more cardio versions and no ablations. I need to here from someone more knowledgeable about doing an ablation on a dextro cardia heart. My AFib is at 75%, and I'd like it to be lower if it can be done.
Thanks for listening.