Hello,

I am a 59 year old woman with history of a-fib for many years. The frequency and duration have increased with my age. I have undergone numerous electrical cardioversions, have tried Amiodarone, Flecainide, and had a mini-maze ablation 6 months ago. I started taking Tikosyn about a month ago and have been in normal sinus rhythm since until today when I again developed a-fib. I decided to try to outpace it. I got on the treadmill and ran as fast as I could (which is only 4.0 for about 2 minutes). I got my heart rate up to 156 which is very high for me. My resting heart rate is about 45. I laid down and in about 10 minutes I had converted to normal sinus rhythm with pulse of 61. Has anyone ever heard of a-fib converting in this manner?

Charity

[QUOTE=charity2;2954688]Hello,

I am a 59 year old woman with history of a-fib for many years. The frequency and duration have increased with my age. I have undergone numerous electrical cardioversions, have tried Amiodarone, Flecainide, and had a mini-maze ablation 6 months ago. I started taking Tikosyn about a month ago and have been in normal sinus rhythm since until today when I again developed a-fib. I decided to try to outpace it. I got on the treadmill and ran as fast as I could (which is only 4.0 for about 2 minutes). I got my heart rate up to 156 which is very high for me. My resting heart rate is about 45. I laid down and in about 10 minutes I had converted to normal sinus rhythm with pulse of 61. Has anyone ever heard of a-fib converting in this manner?

Charity

Sorry Charity ! I was trying to reply to your post and hit the wrong button and don't know how to correct it, I am new to this I guess everyone can tell. I also suffer from atrial fib and at times atrial fib/flutter. I am in awe of you being able to outrun your atrial fib!! I am totally incapacitated when it happens to me due to an existing heart defect (Hypertrophic Obstructive Cardiomyopathy). I have been cardioverted 7 times in the past 2 years , have also been on many meds, Amiodarone, Atenolol, Kerlone, Cardizem, and now I am on betapace. Wanted to try the tikosyn. I had an ablation in Nov. 2006 that wasn't successful and now I am told I need another one. Did your ablation not help you at all ? How many times have you been in atrial fib since your ablation?

Kizz