Dear Sir,

I answer directly in the text.

Best regards.

Pierre
----- Original Message ----- From: "Dick & Marion Inglis" <inglisd@charter.net>
To: "Pierre Jais" <pierre.jais@chu-bordeaux.fr>
Sent: Wednesday, July 18, 2007 9:45 PM
Subject: Dick Inglis in AF/AT for two hours


 

On July 17, I went into AFL, immediately took 10mg propranolol and 400 mg amiodarone (the latter as instructed by Dr Haissagurre). After about an hour the AFL converted to AT and then to NSR an hour later.

What does this mean in terms of future recovery? It probably means incomplete success

What do I do if this recurs? do the same as you did

What if I can't convert using the above procedure? consider DC shock

How often does it need to recur before something more is done, and what might the options be? This is up to you but we generally require more than 2 hours of arrhythmia to have a touch up procedure done

I am not interested in using medication as a long-term treatment. I assume a touch-up would be an option? Yes, but we have to have a longer observation time to get a good idea of the burden.

Thanks!

I hope you and Dr Haissaguerre are doing well with all your patients and your busy schedule.

                                            -- Dick Inglis