07-09-2023, 02:17 PM
You said they did a "reboot" (i.e., electroconversion), but according to the list you included it seems they actually did a full ablation. The difference being that the reboot just stops the current episode and the ablation is supposed to prevent future ones as well.
Unfortunately, it works in 50%-75% of the cases, depending on what the history was. Repeat procedure may raise that to 90%-95%. So, the fact that he has it coming back does not mean that the initial team did a bad job. In addition, the first few weeks after ablation you can have all sorts of arrhythmias - I had them for about 5 weeks before they stopped. BTW, 3 years ago I went to a top person at one of the 5 top University medical centers in the US, and I still get some Afib from time to time, just much milder and of much shorter duration than before (less than 30 min). I believe I may also need to have another one in the future.
I summary, if I were your friend, I would not necessarily look for another provider, unless they had other issues with this one.
Unfortunately, it works in 50%-75% of the cases, depending on what the history was. Repeat procedure may raise that to 90%-95%. So, the fact that he has it coming back does not mean that the initial team did a bad job. In addition, the first few weeks after ablation you can have all sorts of arrhythmias - I had them for about 5 weeks before they stopped. BTW, 3 years ago I went to a top person at one of the 5 top University medical centers in the US, and I still get some Afib from time to time, just much milder and of much shorter duration than before (less than 30 min). I believe I may also need to have another one in the future.
I summary, if I were your friend, I would not necessarily look for another provider, unless they had other issues with this one.