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To: Southside_Chicago_Republican
First; prayers up for your Dad.

Do you mean atrial fibrillation? If so it is very treatable. May put him on a blood thinner to avoid a clot, shock the heart back into rythym or implant a pacemaker.

Does he have sleep apnea? It can cause a fib or make it worse. If so he needs a cpap.

Watch for incident delerium which can occur after just a few days in the hospital.

Patient exhibits dementia or Alzheimers like symptoms but return to normal once home.

46 posted on 06/13/2016 6:25:03 PM PDT by Eagles6 ( Valley Forge Redux. If not now, when? If not here, where? If not us then who?)
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To: Eagles6

He responded well to the first treatment but had elevated heart rate today. A cardiologist is working on it. I think dad is just alarmed at having a heart problem for the first time, which is natural. Thanks for the information on the incident delerium. I didn’t know about that.


47 posted on 06/13/2016 6:30:14 PM PDT by Southside_Chicago_Republican (If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear.)
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