AZbandster

Actually, my friend who had heart palpitations had the newer band. I had 3 possible scenarious given by my doctors for the heart problems. One has to do with the Vagus Nerve that runs through the stomach and when stimulated, it can cause heart arrhythmias. The 2nd explanation is that the placement of the band lies directly over the left ventrical which is susceptible to heart beat problems. The last explanation from them had to do with the esophagus...when experiencing bad acid reflux, the esophagus can affect the heart lying directly beneath.

I got my band 5/25/02 by Dr Kuri at 30 years old. I'm about to turn 42 and I had my band removed today after finding out that it was causing my A-Fib (atrial
fibrillation).
A-Fib is a type of heart palpitation problem. A fellow bandster told me that when her band slipped, she started getting heart palpitations. Her cardiac and
lapband doctor told her that once her band was fixed, her heart beat would return to normal. And sure enough, after surgery it was perfect again!
So that's what prompted me to make the correlation that my lapband may be causing my problem too. After bringing it to the attention of my doctors, both
my cardiac and lapband doctor think the A-Fib will be cured with my band removed.
I'm now on a mission to spread the information about this serious lapband correlation with heart problems.
Feel free to email me directly if you have any questions. I just hope I save someone else the trouble that I have been through for the past 3 years of taking
medication and going to doctors for A-Fib.
Debbie Hoffman
5/25/02 Dr Kuri

I got my band 5/25/02 by Dr Kuri at 30 years old. I'm about to turn 42 and I had my band removed today after finding out that it was causing my A-Fib (atrial
fibrillation).
A-Fib is a type of heart palpitation problem. A fellow bandster told me that when her band slipped, she started getting heart palpitations. Her cardiac and
lapband doctor told her that once her band was fixed, her heart beat would return to normal. And sure enough, after surgery it was perfect again!
So that's what prompted me to make the correlation that my lapband may be causing my problem too. After bringing it to the attention of my doctors, both
my cardiac and lapband doctor think the A-Fib will be cured with my band removed.
I'm now on a mission to spread the information about this serious lapband correlation with heart problems.
Feel free to email me directly if you have any questions. I just hope I save someone else the trouble that I have been through for the past 3 years of taking
medication and going to doctors for A-Fib.
Debbie Hoffman
5/25/02 Dr Kuri

Actually, my friend who had heart palpitations had the newer band. I had 3 possible scenarious given by my doctors for the heart problems. One has to do with the Vagus Nerve that runs through the stomach and when stimulated, it can cause heart arrhythmias. The 2nd explanation is that the placement of the band lies directly over the left ventrical which is susceptible to heart beat problems. The last explanation from them had to do with the esophagus...when experiencing bad acid reflux, the esophagus can affect the heart lying directly beneath.