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The One Group Most at Risk for Heart Disease (And What You MUST Do Now)
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The Road Ahead - Personalised Atrial Fibrillation Care and Next Steps
Atrial fibrillation doesn't just affect the heart, it affects the mind. Anxiety, worry, and even fear about what it's going to lead to in the long term. Every time you feel the symptoms, you feel like you're going to die. Every day your heart beats, you wonder whether you're going to develop a stroke, and of course, you know, today we need to speak honestly and openly about that emotional weight that people with atrial fibrillation suffer. What if something happens? What if an episode starts during the night so, far from help and no one's around to deal with it, apart from me. Some feel panicked during the episodes others just feel depressed, frustrated, or limited by the diagnosis. These are all natural reactions and no one is alone in feeling them. Education helps. Understanding atrial fibrillation makes it less mysterious. So does having a clear plan and knowing when to seek help. Some find benefit in mindfulness training, like exercises or support groups, and I would really recommend that you meet other people with atrial fibrillation and speak to them about the way it makes them feel. Others benefit from short term counseling or even short term medication. Your mental wellbeing is a critical part of cardiac health, you see, and when fear is reduced, often your atrial fibrillation is reduced. Now, if you've been newly diagnosed with atrial fibrillation, it's really important that you understand whether you have an opportunity for that atrial fibrillation to be eradicated. So if there was one question that you might wish to ask your doctor, it would be that one. If we can eradicate atrial fibrillation early in its pathway, that's always gonna be the best way forward. The information provided in this video is for information only and does not replace advice given to you by your doctor. --------------- To Learn More: VISIT: https://www.thekeyholeheartclinic.com/ CALL US From UK: 02080797860 Outside UK:+44(0)2080797860 ----------
When Atrial Fibrillation Affects More Than Your Heart - Coping with the Emotional Toll
There are actually many patients with atrial fibrillation who also have structural heart issues like mitral valve leaks or other valve issues. And when surgery's already planned for valves or other kinds of heart surgery, it's often the perfect time actually to treat atrial fibrillation surgically. Now we call this concomitant atrial fibrillation ablation treatment, and it doesn't really add much to the theatre surgery time, or indeed much to the recovery time. But it can add a great deal to the long-term outcome. And it's now recommended in many guidelines to treat atrial fibrillation when performing traditional forms of heart surgery, and of course at the time of the heart surgery, we must also close the left atrial appendage. We've seen it increase lifespan. Simply closing that little cul-de-sac can change the length of your life. The information provided in this video is for information only and does not replace advice given to you by your doctor. --------------- To Learn More: VISIT: https://www.thekeyholeheartclinic.com/ CALL US From UK: 02080797860 Outside UK:+44(0)2080797860 ----------
Two Problems, One Solution Treating Atrial Fibrillation During Valve Surgery
Throughout this email and video series, we've touched upon something called the left atrial appendage. It's a small pocket in the heart where most AF related clots come from. Today we're gonna look at it much more closely. In atrial fibrillation, blood stagnates in this area called the left atrial appendage. And this increases the risk of clot formation and stroke, and that's why it's often a very large part of the treatment strategy, either by preventing clots forming within it with blood thinners, or literally physically trying to find a way to close it off. Now, closure can be done during surgery with a clip from the outside, or it can be done with a catheter from within something like a Watchman device or some of the newer devices. These devices are not particularly reliable at sealing off the appendage presently, but I think in time that will change. So for now, surgical left atrial appendage clip closure is by far and away the most reliable way to eradicate this risk. Left atrial appendage closure is especially helpful for those people who cannot take blood thinners long term due to bleeding risks, but even those on anticoagulants may benefit from this added protection, particularly if we as surgeons are in there anyway. Now, it's one of the most effective ways actually for us to reduce stroke risk in atrial fibrillation, not just the blood thinner, and it often goes hand in hand with any ablation protocol that will be applied to your atrial fibrillation. The information provided in this video is for information only and does not replace advice given to you by your doctor. --------------- To Learn More: VISIT: https://www.thekeyholeheartclinic.com/ CALL US From UK: 02080797860 Outside UK:+44(0)2080797860 ----------
The Left Atrial Appendage - A Small Pocket with Big Importance
Some cases of atrial fibrillation are particularly persistent or resistant to treatment. In these situations, one approach may not be enough and we may need to consider two approaches. We call this hybrid or convergent atrial fibrillation ablation. This is a combined effort between the cardiologists who do the catheter based ablation and surgery, where we do a keyhole approach to get the outside of the irregular focus. A surgeon isolates the pulmonary veins and treats the surface of the heart from the outside, and then electrophysiology, cardiology will go from within and ablate the remaining parts and join the dots, so to speak. Now, this is a dual approach and creates a much more complete and durable effect into the medium and the long term. And of course, surgically we can also close the left atrial appendage. In fact, we can actually close the left atrial appendage through the groin also, but this is at the moment, a little less reliable. Now, convergent procedures are considered in more advanced AF or when both rhythm control and stroke prevention are a priority. It's not for everyone, but when chosen carefully, the results have been shown to be excellent in randomized trials. It's a perfect example really, of modern medicine working together as a team across disciplines to create for patients the best outcome. Next, we'll focus on a small but vital part of the heart, the left total appendage, and why it plays such a central role in stroke prevention. The information provided in this video is for information only and does not replace advice given to you by your doctor. --------------- To Learn More: VISIT: https://www.thekeyholeheartclinic.com/ CALL US From UK: 02080797860 Outside UK:+44(0)2080797860 ----------
Combining Forces The Convergent Hybrid Atrial Fibrillation Procedure
Some cases of atrial fibrillation are more advanced and don't respond to catheter ablation alone, and that's where keyhole surgical ablation, also known as VATS ablation, can really play an important role. Rather than going through a blood vessel in the groin to try and get rid of the heart rhythm from within the heart, in surgery, what we do is make small incisions between the ribs, go through these incisions and really ablate the heart rhythm from outside. We call this epicardial atrial fibrillation ablation, and in many ways it's a much more comprehensive and effective treatment strategy, particularly in persistent atrial fibrillation, but also very good in paroxysmal atrial fibrillation. Now the technique's very precise, and it really involves also closing the left atrial appendage where clots form to reduce the risk of you suffering a stroke with or without blood thinners in the future. In fact, we use it very often in patients who can't tolerate blood thinners. Recovery is much quicker than traditional surgery through the breast bone, thanks to the minimally invasive approach, and for many, it offers a chance, at long-term relief of symptoms and rhythm issues. In the next video, we'll explore what happens when surgery and catheter ablation are combined in a convergent or hybrid approach to create an even better result. The information provided in this video is for information only and does not replace advice given to you by your doctor. --------------- To Learn More: VISIT: https://www.thekeyholeheartclinic.com/ CALL US From UK: 02080797860 Outside UK:+44(0)2080797860 ----------
Keyhole Surgery for Atrial Fibrillation - What Is Surgical VATS Ablation?
In catheter ablation, you are brought into the hospital and through the groin, under anesthetic, a catheter is placed. Your electrophysiology cardiologist will use a mapping system to look for areas of irritability within your atrial chambers and literally injure them with an energy source to try and eradicate those irregular foci. And often there's many, and so atrial fibrillation for paroxysmal AF can take some time. The commonest place where these foci develop are in an area called the pulmonary veins, where the veins coming from, the lungs insert into the left atrium. And it's around those areas that the problem often exists. So by concentrating on those areas over one or two ablation sets, we can often eradicate the paroxysmal atrial fibrillation in over 90% of patients. Now, in those patients where this does not work, or indeed in patients with persistent or permanent atrial fibrillation, there are other treatment strategies available, and we'll talk about those in a later video. The information provided in this video is for information only and does not replace advice given to you by your doctor. --------------- To Learn More: VISIT: https://www.thekeyholeheartclinic.com/ CALL US From UK: 02080797860 Outside UK:+44(0)2080797860 ----------
Catheter Ablation For Atrial Fibrillation - How It Works and Who It Helps
Today's topic is one of the most important in AF care. Stroke prevention. Now, even when symptoms are mild, the risk of stroke is still very real, and that's why blood thinners are such a vital part of the treatment conversation. When the upper chambers of the heart quiver like this, instead of pump, blood pools, and it can pull particularly in an area called the left atrial appendage. This creates the perfect environment for clot formation and if a clot travels to the brain, you have a stroke. If it goes into coronary arteries, then you can actually have a heart attack. Now, blood thinners reduced the blood's ability to clot, dramatically lowering the risk, and it's this that will prevent you from having a stroke in atrial fibrillation. Drugs like Rivaroxaban, Apixaban, and Warfarin; we discussed those in the last video. Your doctor will work out which is the best for you. The information provided in this video is for information only and does not replace advice given to you by your doctor. --------------- To Learn More: VISIT: https://www.thekeyholeheartclinic.com/ CALL US From UK: 02080797860 Outside UK:+44(0)2080797860 ----------
Atrial Fibrillation and Stroke Prevention - Why Blood Thinners Matter
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