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Ooh interesting!
I had an ablation 10ish years ago and was told the AF would probably return and to keep an ear out for it after 5 years. I get very occasional irregularities now but nothing sustained so haven't gone back for anything. So it's not inevitable that it comes back? (It was explained to me as the erratic nerves finding new routes/connections over time.)
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Just noticed this thread - I was one of the original guinea pigs for the ablation procedure back 30 years or so ago.
There's a medical journal article with my mad 6 hour > 250 bpm ecg trace, a description of the rather blunt (back then - im reliably informed its much more advance now) soldering job they did on my heart by sticking some wires through the main arteries, and something on the fact its worked (I would say "so far" but im not tempting fate).
Hope it all improves Big_Ted!