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Is it normal to still have palpitations after an ablation
Catheter ablation is a common treatment for atrial fibrillation. Some patients can continue to report some symptoms after an ablation particularly in the first few weeks. In addition, a number of patients will need more than one ablation to achieve success. In this video Dr Husain Shabeeh discusses how we should mange symptoms after an ablation and at what point further treatment is needed.
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So, once an ablation is done, the lesions that have been created to get rid of the electrical signals things are still settling in the early period. Now, we call this the blanking period after an ablation the first few months after ablation it is not uncommon to still have palpitations or symptoms of your atrial fibrillation come and go. Now this usually settles after that first blanking period few months but if it continues after that it means the atrial fibrillation has recurred but in the early phase it's not unusual to still have some symptoms which often then settle on their own. you
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