Is Surgical Ablation Right for You? – ACT against Afib

Is Surgical Ablation Right for You?

It may be, if you:

Have Afib—and you are having heart surgery

Ablation for Afib may help:30

  • You live longer and feel better
  • You stay out of the hospital (i.e., have fewer hospital readmissions)
  • Your heart pump more strongly (i.e., have a lower ejection fraction, or EF)
  • You walk faster and feel better
  • You get off coumadin (i.e., you will bleed less often)

If you have persistent Afib, or long-standing persistent Afib, surgical ablation during heart surgery is more effective at making sure your Afib doesn’t recur.15-19

Talk to your doctor. Together, you can decide what treatment is right for you.

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