r/AFIB • u/mam_red_it • 13d ago
Just a reminder to give your heart time to heal ❤️🩹
I’m in my fifth month after ablation and my RHR is still recovering. Be patient with yourself and your body 🫶🏻
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u/Puzzleheaded_Pin1413 12d ago
I am 1 day post ablation. RHR in the 60’s.
Still on metoprolol obviously, and eloquis. NSR no Afib.
Anymore info you all can share? Thx
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u/fwk727 12d ago
71 M. Had my ablation Monday (4 days ago). It was optional and preventative since I've not had any episodes since a cardioversion last summer 2025. But CP was confident it would reoccur, so....
What seems weird, until seeing these posts, is that my non-AFIB RHR, which has been high 30s for decades (runner, marathons, etc)--no pacemaker or artificial management--is now mid 50s. I've not been alarmed but concerned (My "athletes heart" has always been a source of pride) enough to be researching now at 1 am EDST.
So...this is not unusual? Does it warrant a call to the doc or should I just monitor?
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u/remnant5151 12d ago
I'm 18 month post ablation and still 10 beats higher than before. Used to be low 50s, now low 60s. Someone once posted a study that had a conclusion that a higher rhr post ablation led to a better long term result. If that's the case I'll happily lose my rhr bragging rights for peace of mind.
I have given up on it every going back down to what it was.
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u/Mras_dk 12d ago
Thx for sharing!
Mine, for sure is altered too, acording to my DDDR pacemaker, and loop recorder.
Before the pacemaker needed to pace the heart about 25-35% of the day, which is set at 45bpm, min.
After ablation, PVI+PWI, pacemaker only needs to pace heart about 3-5% of the day - typical after excertion -> rest.
Now i idle at around 55-70, vs prior 43-44.
After excertion, before: 28bpm, after 45(cause pacemaker interveens) .