Cardiac Ablation Follow-up (updated)

I had an in-office appointment with the doctor that performed my cardiac ablation procedure back in early June. To get to the office, I had to answer questions about symptoms with one person, then get temperature screened by another person, and line up for the elevator since it only takes four people at a time. It was like visiting a maximum security facility or something. This COVID=19 pandemic has drastically changed our lives.

The nurse did an EKG measurement and the doctor said everything was normal, except that my pulse is a bit slow. When I went in last time, it was at 120-130; now it’s in the low 50’s. He also stopped the anti-arrhythmia medication I was taking so one less pill. Yay!

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Here is my year-to-date resting heart rate as recorded by my Fitbit.

It started in the 60’s after heart surgery but slowed to the mid-50’s when I started taking Terbinafine, which can react with Metoprolol and cause a slower heart rate. The increase in April was from the initial a-fib, which was not fixed by cardioversion. The huge spike in May was the a-fib re-occurrence and waiting for the cardiac ablation procedure on June 5th. It has steadily dropped since then to the low 50’s. Here is this weeks heart rate readings; the gaps are when I was charging the Fitbit.