Re: New Afib Treatments

[Guest guest]

I found an excellent article on newest treatments of afib by Dr. Gillinov and

Dr. Natale

of the Cleveland Clinic. The explanations offered are very clear, I think.

Here is the URL:

http://www.clevelandclinic.org/heartcenter/pub/history/future/afib.asp?firstCa

t=56 & secondCat=57 & thirdCat=492

in sinus in Seattle (Day 43!!)

[Guest guest]

on Sat, 27 Apr 2002 at 16:37:38, Starfi6314@... wrote :

> in sinus in Seattle (Day 43!!)

This is looking GOOD, ! :-)

Thanks for the posting about the Cleveland article. They seem to be one

of the few places in the world where they are keeping an open and broad

mind about AF

Best of health to all,

Vicky

London, UK, 1954 model

http://www.vagalafibportal.fsnet.co.uk/

" We don't have a hopeless end; we have an endless hope "

- anon (?) via Ellen

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------\

-------------

[Guest guest]

on Sat, 27 Apr 2002 at 16:37:38, Starfi6314@... wrote :

>Cleveland Clinic

I've not really had a good look around their site before (and am still

looking!) but found this:

http://www.clevelandclinic.org/heartcenter/pub/research/research/cardiotho

racic_surgery.asp?firstCat=2 & secondCat=78 & thirdCat=411

" Vitamin C for control of postoperative Atrial Fibrillation

This study will help determine if the use of a perioperative antioxidant

supplement (vitamin C) will help reduce the oxidative stress of surgery

which is hypothesized to be related to the incidence of postoperative

atrial fibrillation. This is a randomized trial in which patients are

given either a placebo, or high dose vitamin C prior to and immediately

after surgery. This group is then closely monitored for the incidence of

atrial arrhythmias. This study has the support of a grant from the NIH.

M. McCarthy MD and R. Van Wagoner, Ph.D. are

Co-investigators "

Best of health to all,

Vicky

London, UK, 1954 model

http://www.vagalafibportal.fsnet.co.uk/

" Science may be described as the art of systematic

over-simplification " - Karl Popper

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------\

-------------

[Guest guest]

And this...

http://www.clevelandclinic.org/heartcenter/pub/research/research/basic_res

earch.asp?firstCat=2 & secondCat=78 & thirdCat=391

" Dr. VanWagoner’s laboratory, Department of Cardiology

Atrial fibrillation is the most prevalent chronic arrhythmia.

Electrophysiological studies in this laboratory seek to determine the

subcellular basis for atrial fibrillation, and for the increased

arrhythmia associated with hypertrophy and heart failure. Dr. Van

Wagoner's lab is one of a small number of laboratories that studies

isolated human cardiac myocytes, and his work has resulted in a

significant increase in our knowledge of human electrophysiology at a

cellular level. The lab is also interested in the coupling between

voltage sensitive calcium channels on the cell membrane and the

initiation of intracellular calcium release that causes cardiac muscle

contraction.

Translational studies based on work from this laboratory are now

underway with the clinical electrophysiology group (Dr. Mina Chung) and

the Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery (Dr. McCarthy). These

studies have focused on identifying blood and/or tissue markers that are

associated with an increased risk for atrial fibrillation. In addition,

novel methods of preventing atrial fibrillation are being evaluated in

ongoing clinical studies.

Dr. Van Wagoner is the Director of the Basic Cardiac Electrophysiology

Laboratories (Section of Electrophysiology), and a basic science

representative for the Bioethics course on the Responsible Conduct of

Research. "

As I put in my sigs sometimes: " It is the theory that decides what can

be observed " - Albert Einstein .........

.....and the Cleveland Clinic seem to be looking at new theories - thank

goodness

Best of health to all,

Vicky

London, UK, 1954 model

http://www.vagalafibportal.fsnet.co.uk/

[Guest guest]

And check out this !

http://www.medhelp.org/forums/cardio/wwwboard.html

Best of health to all,

Vicky

London, UK, 1954 model

http://www.vagalafibportal.fsnet.co.uk/

" There is a moment in the life of any problem when it is large

enough to see, but small enough to solve " - anon

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------\

-------------

[Guest guest]

In a message dated 4/27/2002 2:38:21 PM Pacific Daylight Time,

vmpaf@... writes:

<< in sinus in Seattle (Day 43!!)

This is looking GOOD, ! :-)

Thanks for the posting about the Cleveland article. They seem to be one

of the few places in the world where they are keeping an open and broad

mind about AF >>

Vicki,

Thanks for the encouragement. It's looking very good to me, too, especially

after the horrible time I had with afib in January and February! I figure I

must be doing something right and am paranoid about changing anything even

slightly. If I get a virus, that will be the real test because viruses

almost always trigger my afib.

You certainly got much more out of that Cleveland Clinic site than I did! I

was poking around there mainly for information about pacemaker/defibrillators

for a friend of my brother when I stumbled across the new afib treatment

information. Reading about the amount of research going on at that facility

is very encouraging and really raises hopes for a less threatening and

invasive treatment than those presently available. Actually, if you look up

atrial fibrillation research via almost any search engine, you find that

there is a great deal of research going on world-wide, probably more than

ever before. It may not be long until our concerns are history.

in sinus in Seattle (Day 43!!)

[Guest guest]

on Sat, 27 Apr 2002 at 22:49:26, Starfi6314@... wrote :

>You certainly got much more out of that Cleveland Clinic site than I did!

Not really - I just found the " Search " and was bored enough to keep at

it!

Best of health to all,

Vicky

London, UK, 1954 model

http://www.vagalafibportal.fsnet.co.uk/

" There is a moment in the life of any problem when it is large

enough to see, but small enough to solve " - anon

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------\

-------------

[Guest guest]

In a message dated 4/28/2002 2:51:17 AM Pacific Daylight Time,

vmpaf@... writes:

<< Not really - I just found the " Search " and was bored enough to keep at

it! >>

Vicki,

I am wondering how your afib is these days? I think you were taking

Dofetilide (?) and considering an ablation? Are you still on that course of

action?

in sinus in Seattle