[HSF] A. Fib. Surgery: How to Assess Success?

[erdinç naseri]

Recording arrhythmia for 14 months . that is superb and the data collected from such a study is invaluable .erdinc> Date: Sun, 8 Jul 2007 20:09:41 -0400> From: jpym at erols.com> To: OpenHeart-L at lists.hsforum.com> Subject: Re: [HSF] A. Fib. Surgery: How to Assess Success?> CC: > > Hal> > I'm going to talk to one of our senior Medtronic reps tomorrow (I have a> port-access epicardial BiV upgrade with them in the afternoon, following an> AVR at another hospital). As you know, the Reveal is about 6x2x1 cm and is> implanted subcutaneously, with no additional wires. It lasts around 14> months and can hold a total of 40 minutes or so of recorded EKG. I believe> that there are two programmable data collection modes - patient activated> and automatic, with programmable parameters for brady or tachy events. I'll> get more information on this.> > John> > > > On 7/8/07, Hgrmd at aol.com <Hgrmd at aol.com> wrote:> >> > John,> > Your idea to implant a Reveal device at the time of AF surgery makes> > perfect sense. I'm going to check with the Medtronic reps and see> > what they> > think. Other surgeons in my group implant Reveals, so I don't have any> > direct> > experience with it. How long will it function on average?> > Evaluating the results of AF surgery is an ongoing controversy. It's> > become increasingly evident that spot ECG's don't give an accurate> > assessment of> > actual AF burden. In particular, it's probably not safe to decide to> > withdraw Coumadin based on a postop ECG.> >> > Hal> >> >> >> _______________________________________________> OpenHeart-L mailing list> > Send postings to:> OpenHeart-L at lists.hsforum.com> > To UNSUBSCRIBE, to CHANGE email address, or to view archives:> http://mmp.cjp.com/mailman/listinfo/openheart-l> > All messages transmitted by the OpenHeart-L are subject to the policies and > disclaimers posted at:> http://www.hsforum.com/listdisclaim> -----------------------------------------