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6. I had a cardiologist who let me go a year out of rhythm. I was riding my bike 10 miles in 90 degree heat.

Thu Oct 9, 2025, 12:11 PM

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I was tired and dizzy all the time, I go to a rural hospital. When I finally had my yearly appointment the Dr. sent me right to the emergency room, pumped me full of Amiodarone and scheduled a cardioversion for me the next day. My daughter was with me and when she heard the doctor say that the pads on my chest were in the wrong place she called UPMC in Pittsburgh and got me an appointment, by luck, with a doctor who wrote the book on ablations. I had a cryo-ablation 6 years ago and have been fine ever since. My ejection % was down to 30 -35% and now it is back to 55-60%, I am 78 years old. Daughter also got me a new cardiologist in Pittsburgh. Don't get me wrong, there are great doctors at my rural hospital who I would take over any doctor anywhere, I just got a bad one.

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