none Menu Atrial Fibrillation Home • News • Reference • Slideshows • Quizzes • Videos • Medications • Find a Cardiologist Heart Disease Guide • Overview & Facts • Symptoms & Types • Diagnosis & Tests • Treatment and Care for Heart Disease • Living & Managing • Support & Resources Related to Atrial Fibrillation • Arrhythmia • Cardiomyopathy • Heart Disease • Heart-Healthy Diet • Heart Failure • Hypertension • Stroke Risks • Supraventricular Tachycardia • My Medicine Atrial fibrillation ( AFib) is a type of irregular heartbeat.
If you have it, your doctor will classify yours by the reason for it and on how long it lasts. When your heartbeat returns to normal within 7 days, on its own or with treatment, it's known as paroxysmal atrial fibrillation. It can happen a few times a year or as often as every day. It often becomes a permanent condition that needs regular treatment.
Symptoms You might feel: • Heart palpitations -- a flutter in your chest or rapid heartbeat • Chest pain or pressure • Confused • Weak or short of energy • Dizzy • Short of breath • Like you afid gm to pee more often • Like it’s hard to exercise • Tired You may feel chest pain or pressure. Afid gm you do, call 911 right away.
You may be having a heart attack. Causes & Risk Factors Doctors don't always know what causes paroxysmal atrial fibrillation. It often happens because things like coronary heart disease or high blood pressure damage your heart.
If that damage affects the part of your heart that sends the electrical pulses that control your heartbeat, those pulses can come too fast or at the wrong time. You're more likely to have paroxysmal atrial fibrillation as you get older. Your odds also go up if you have: • Diabetes • Thyroid problems • Sleep apnea • A condition known as pericarditis, which happens when the area around your heart gets inflamed.
People who drink several alcoholic drinks at a time sometimes have paroxysmal atrial fibrillation. Doctors don't know why this happens. This is sometimes called "holiday heart syndrome" because it was first noticed after weekends or holidays when many people drink more.
Diagnosis If your doctor thinks you have atrial fibrillation, they'll give you an exam and ask questions about your medical and family history. They'll also ask about your symptoms and if you smoke or drink caffeine or alcohol. You might have some of the following tests: • Electrocardiogram, also known as an EKG, which records your heart's rate, rhythm, and electrical impulses • Echocardiogram, which uses sound waves to make a picture of your heart • X-ray to look for signs of related heart problems • Blood tests to look for signs of other illnesses that can cause fibrillation • Stress test, in which doctors check your heart's performance after exercise • Holter monitor, a wearable device that measures and records your heart's activity for a day or two • Event monitor, a portable EKG that measures heart activity for a few weeks or a few months.
Treatment There are several options to control AFib, or maybe afid gm it altogether. Medications If your problem comes from a condition like an overactive thyroid gland or high blood pressure, your doctor will give you medications to control those issues. Generally, your doctor will try to keep your heartbeat steady and prevent problems like blood clots. Heart rate control: The most common way to treat atrial fibrillation is with drugs that control your heartbeat.
Most people take a medication called digoxin (Lanoxin). You may need other drugs. Some are called beta-blockers. They also slow your heart rate. Examples are: • Atenolol ( Tenormin) • Bisoprolol ( Zebeta, Ziac) • Carvedilol ( Coreg) • Metoprolol ( Lopressor, Toprol) • Nadolol (Alti-Nadolol, Corgard, Corzide) • Propranolol ( Hemangeol, Inderal) • Timolol ( Betimol, Istalol) Others are known afid gm calcium channel blockers.
They slow your heart rate and tone down contractions: • Diltiazem ( Cardizem, Dilacor) afid gm Verapamil ( Calan, Covera, Isoptin, Verelan), Heart rhythm control: When your doctor gets your heart rate under control, they’ll give you medications to return the rhythm to normal.
They may call this chemical cardioversion. Medications for this process include: Sodium channel blockers, which slow your heart's ability to conduct electricity: • Flecainide ( Tambocor) • Propafenone ( Rythmol) • Quinidine Potassium channel blockers, which slow the electrical signals that cause AFib: • Amiodarone ( Cordarone, Nexterone, Pacerone) • Dofetilide ( Tikosyn) • Sotalol ( Betapace, Sorine, Sotylize) You might get them in your doctor's office or at a hospital.
Your doctor will monitor you to make sure the medicine is working. Blood clots and stroke prevention: These medications thin your blood to lower your chance of having afid gm conditions. These can make you bleed more easily, though, so you might have to cut back on some activities that can lead to injuries.
The most common are: • Apixaban ( Eliquis) • Aspirin • Clopidogrel ( Plavix) • Dabigatran ( Pradaxa) • Enoxaparin ( Lovenox) • Heparin • Rivaroxaban ( Xarelto) • Warfarin ( Jantoven) Surgery and Other Procedures If medications don't get your AFib under control, your doctor might recommend one of these: Electrical cardioversion: The doctor gives your heart a shock to regulate your heartbeat.
They’ll use paddles, or they'll stick afid gm called electrodes to your chest. First, you'll get medicine to make you fall asleep. Then, your doctor will put the paddles on your chest, and sometimes your back.
These will give you a mild electrical shock to get your heart's rhythm back to normal. Most people only need one.
Because you’re sedated, you probably won’t remember being shocked. You can usually go home the same day. Your skin may be irritated where the paddles touched it. Your doctor can point you toward a lotion to ease pain or itching. Cardiac Ablation: There are two major options: Catheter ablation, also called radiofrequency or pulmonary vein ablation, isn’t surgery, and it’s the less invasive of the two options.
Your doctor puts a thin, flexible tube into a blood vessel in your leg or neck. Then they guide it into your heart. When it reaches the area that’s causing the arrhythmia, it sends out electrical signals that destroy those cells.
The treated tissue afid gm get your heartbeat regular again. There are two main types: • Radiofrequency ablation: The doctor afid gm catheters to send radiofrequency energy (similar to microwave heat) that creates circular scars around each vein or group of veins.
• Cryoablation: A single catheter sends a balloon tipped with a substance that freezes the tissues to cause a scar.
Surgical ablation involves cutting into your chest. There are three kinds: Maze procedure: This is usually done while you’re having open-heart surgery for another problem, like a bypass or valve replacement.
The surgeon makes small cuts in the upper part of the heart. They’re stitched together to form a maze of scar tissue that stops abnormal signals.
Mini maze: Most people with AFib don’t need open-heart surgery. That’s where this minimally invasive option comes in. Afid gm doctor makes several small cuts between your ribs and uses a camera to guide catheters for either cryoablation or radiofrequency ablation.
Some hospitals offer robot-assisted surgery that uses smaller cuts and allows for greater precision. Your doctor will put a video camera or tiny robot into your chest. It’ll guide the creation of scar tissue that may help keep your heartbeat at the right pace.
Convergent procedure: This pairs catheter ablation with a mini maze.
The doctor uses radiofrequency ablation in the pulmonary vein, and a surgeon makes a small cut under your breastbone to use radiofrequency energy on the outside of your heart. AV node ablation: You might get this procedure if: • You don’t respond to medications • You can’t take medications because of side effects • You aren’t a afid gm candidates for a procedure that cures you Your doctor will insert a catheter into a vein in your groin and slide it up to the AV node, a nerve that conducts electrical impulses between the top and bottom chambers of your heart.
They’ll send radiofrequency energy through the catheter to destroy the AV node. This stops the signals that lead to AFib. Then they’ll implant a pacemaker into your chest. This electronic device lies under the skin of your upper chest. It’s connected to one or two wires that are inserted through a vein and sit in your heart. It delivers painless electric pulses that make your heart beat.
Lifestyle Changes Your doctor also might recommend you take some simple steps to help afid gm your heart healthy: • Change your diet: Eat heart-healthy, low-salt food. Go for fruits, veggies, and whole grains. • Get more exercise: More physical activity strengthens afid gm heart And make other changes to lower your odds of heart disease: • Quit smoking • Stay at, or try to reach, a healthy weight • Control your blood pressure • Manage your cholesterol • Drink alcohol in moderation • Keep doctor appointments SOURCES: American Heart Association: “Ablation or Arrhythmias,” “Atrial Fibrillation Medications,” “Non-surgical Procedures for Atrial Fibrillation (AFib or AF),” “Surgical Procedures for Atrial Fibrillation (AFib or AF).” National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute: "What Is Atrial Fibrillation?" American Family Physician: "Diagnosis and Treatment of Atrial Fibrillation," "Catheter Ablation of Supraventricular Arrhythmias and Atrial Fibrillation." American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association: "Management of Patients with Atrial Fibrillation." Heart Rhythm Society: "Atrial Fibrillation," “Symptoms of Atrial Fibrillation (AFib),” “Types of Ablations.” Mayo Clinic: “Atrial Fibrillation,” “Cardioversion.” American College of Cardiology: “Recommended Doses of Anticoagulant/Antithrombotic Therapies for Patients with Atrial Fibrillation.” StopAfib.org: “Maze Procedure (Surgical Ablation),” “Using Electrical Cardioversion for Atrial Fibrillation.” Keck School of Medicine of USC: “Robotic-Assisted Maze Surgery.” Frankel Cardiovascular Center: “AV Node Ablation.” Health Solutions • Penis Curved When Erect?
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The latest software update (CH-47976-SWV11) for the CH-47976 Active Fuel Injector Tester (AFIT) has recently been released.
The new update adds 2020 model year applications (as of July 24, 2019). In addition, software release V11.00 includes: • PC Application Software V4.0 (Windows 10/7 compatible) • MCU Firmware V3.41 (includes new G9 Adapter coverage) • DMU Firmware V1.20 (improves LT4 engine testing) • USB to Serial Driver improved compatibility. Software Download The CH-47976-SWV11 software update is available through the Service Workbench selection of “Essential Tools – Software Updates” in GM GlobalConnect (U.S.
only). Select the link for AFIT (Active Fuel Injector Tester) Software Update – V11.00 and follow the instructions. (Fig. 13) Fig. 13 In Canada, the software is available for download through the Service Application selection of GM Special Tools & Equipment – Software Updates in GM GlobalConnect.
AFIT Update Instructions are available on the GM Tools and Equipment website under the Support Documents link for the software download. For questions regarding the software release, contact Bosch Automotive Service Solutions Technical Support at 1-800-GM-TOOLS (1-800-468-6657).
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CH-47976-515 is a Universal Cable that was designed to avoid completely new cables being required when ECM controller connector changes or connector pin location changes occur in new vehicles. One end of the CH-47976-515 Universal Cable plugs into the AFIT SIDI DMU. The DMU plugs into the AFIT MCU (Main Control Unit).
Any new Cable Adapters required will plug into the other end of the Universal Cable. The CH-47976-516 G7 Adapter and CH-47976-517 G8 Adapter are the first adapters to be used with the CH-47976-515 Universal Cable for engine diagnostics using the CH-47976 AFIT due to 2019 vehicle controller changes. The applicable RPOs and (engine controllers) for 2019 are L82/L84/L87 (E90), LV3 (E93), afid gm LSY (E01) CH-47976-515 Universal AFIT Cable Application: RPO Code L82/L84/L87/LV3/LSY The CH-47976 AFIT (Active Fuel Injector Tester) is a previously essential tool that can quickly and thoroughly diagnose and pinpoint the source of a vehicle driveability issue and avoid unnecessary replacement of fuel system components, especially injectors that are not the actual cause of the problem.
CH-47976-515 is a Universal Cable that was designed to avoid completely new cables being required when ECM controller connector changes or connector pin location changes occur in new vehicles.
One end of the CH-47976-515 Universal Cable plugs into the AFIT SIDI DMU. The DMU plugs into the AFIT MCU (Main Control Unit). Any new Cable Adapters required will plug into the other end of the Universal Cable. The CH-47976-516 G7 Adapter and CH-47976-517 G8 Adapter are the first adapters to be used with the CH-47976-515 Universal Cable for afid gm diagnostics using the CH-47976 AFIT due to 2019 vehicle controller changes.
The applicable RPOs and (engine controllers) for 2019 are L82/L84/L87 (E90), LV3 (E93), and LSY (E01)
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