Posted by Bill Kilgore on January 30, 2003 at 11:52:39:
In Reply to: Ablation at CC posted by pam sherburne on January 30, 2003 at 00:14:34:
Pam,
After an ablation, one of the possible complications to be aware of is a bleeding complication, i.e. a pseudo aneurysm at the site of an entry into an artery -- the femoral artery. While this happens to only about 1/200, you will want to be aware if the doctors go into one of your arteries for a pressure line or imaging or for any reason at all. Your risk of a bleeding complication could be higher if you are on anticoagulants after the procedure. I was on both coumadin and lovenox and I suffered a "pseudo" three days after the procedure. They closed the artery with ultrasound guided compression in the ER. So, my advice is to do very much of nothing until 12 to 24 hours after you go off lovenox -- generally three days after the procedure. Lovenox is a low molecular weight heparin that is out of the body twelve hours after the last injection. Do not carry your luggage in the airports. Just putter around the house when you get home. Do not drive. If you do drive, use the leg on your side that did not have an arterial entry to apply most of the pressure to the floorboard. For example, I had a "pseudo" on the right side of my groin. So, when I resumed driving five days after the trip to the ER, I applied lots of pressure to the floorboard with my left leg as I applied gentle pressure to the breaks with my right foot. As you resume your workout routine or other normal activities, be guided entirely by how your groin and neck feel and not by what you think your activity level should be.
Best of luck and we pray for your cure of a-fib.
Bill Kilgore
- Re: Taking it easy for awhile pam sherburne 15:25:45 1/30/2003 (1)
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