Heart rate readings from a machine (either watch or obs machine in a Doc's office) are useless for calculating heart rate in AF. They expect a regular pulse, and work by extrapolating the BPM with 60รท(time between beats). If that's irregular then it will jump all over the place.
To measure your true BPM, measure you heart rate for 30s at the wrist, then multiply by 2.
Blood thinning medication was also referred to (but from blood test not indicated)
The decision to give anticoagulants isn't based on blood tests (other than to exclude underlying haemophilia etc). It's based on assessing your risk of clotting (CHA2DS2-VASc score) vs risk of bleeding (HAS-BLED score), and taking into account personal circumstances like falls risk (obviously not relevant to you).
Medical therapy is either rate-control (like beta blockers), as you said it sounds like they're not suitable in your case with a resting heart rate of 50; or rhythm-control, but there are a number of contraindications to these which would have to be excluded first.
Ablation, as a rule, tends to be reserved for people who haven't responded to medical treatments and remain symptomatic.
Heart rate readings from a machine (either watch or obs machine in a Doc's office) are useless for calculating heart rate in AF. They expect a regular pulse, and work by extrapolating the BPM with 60รท(time between beats). If that's irregular then it will jump all over the place.
To measure your true BPM, measure you heart rate for 30s at the wrist, then multiply by 2.
The decision to give anticoagulants isn't based on blood tests (other than to exclude underlying haemophilia etc). It's based on assessing your risk of clotting (CHA2DS2-VASc score) vs risk of bleeding (HAS-BLED score), and taking into account personal circumstances like falls risk (obviously not relevant to you).
Medical therapy is either rate-control (like beta blockers), as you said it sounds like they're not suitable in your case with a resting heart rate of 50; or rhythm-control, but there are a number of contraindications to these which would have to be excluded first.
Ablation, as a rule, tends to be reserved for people who haven't responded to medical treatments and remain symptomatic.