When he checked himself into the hospital last week, they could find nothing really wrong, other than the irregular heart beat. The doc at that time speculated that the "problem" may be due to his stem cell treatment. He said that during stem cell studies, AFIB is quite common, and seemed to imply that as parts of the heart get stronger, it can cause the symptom of atrial fibrillation.
But I notice in the link he sent,http://www.cigna.com/healthinfo/hw159948.html
the following verbiage:
The electrode sends out radio waves that create heat. This heat destroys the heart tissue that causes atrial fibrillation or the heart tissue that keeps it happening. Another option is to use freezing cold to destroy the heart tissue.
To my mind, A) why would you want to destroy ANY heart tissue in a patient with an ejection fraction of 25%? B) what if the problem IS that some of the heart is regenerating and getting stronger than other parts? Would this procedure obviate the stem cell therapy, and C) why the rush?
This fellow's EKG is so bad that when he went to the hospital for an appointment, after seeing his EKG that transferred him to the emergency room. When the doctor got there, he said, "that's normal for him."
I just don't understand.