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Africa North
Morocco king undergoes heart operation
2018-02-27
[AFRICANEWS] Morocco’s King Mohammed VI "successfully" underwent a heart operation in a Gay Paree clinic on Monday for an irregular heart beat, his medical team announced.

The doctors, in a statement, said the 54-year-old monarch had felt the symptoms on January 20.

"Radiofrequency ablation of the arrhythmia," or irregular rhythm, had successfully normalised his heart beat.

King Mohammed, who would resume his normal activities after a period of rest prescribed by his doctors, has ruled Morocco since the death of his father Hassan in July 1999.

He underwent an eye operation in the French capital last September.

Posted by:Fred

#4  That's one King I don't want to lose.
Posted by: newc   2018-02-27 16:38  

#3  AH - agree 100% that a coronary block can be deadly but one's risk of that does not increase with AF - at least according to what I've read.

Warfarin is cheap as you've poined out but the drawback is weekly tests to make sure you're not at risk of bleeding out...Warfarin use has to be tightly controlled.

One good point is that it is completely reversible ... not so with some other anti-coagulants. Their benefit is that one does not require weekly blood tests and there is no restriction on diet to reduce Vit. K consumption.
Posted by: Warthog   2018-02-27 15:49  

#2  unless you forget to take your anti-coagulants and throw a clot to your brain

  • Throwing a clot to a coronary artery can end life rather abruptly

  • Warfarin is the affordable anticoagulant that some people just aren't able to benefit from

  • Newer oral anticoagulants tend to work better than warfarin, but for many patients are not affordable.

  • Atrial fibrillation can cut the cardiac by 20%, enough to disable some patients from exerting themselves

Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418   2018-02-27 15:01  

#1  Atrial Fibrillation's not life threatening unless you forget to take your anti-coagulants and throw a clot to your brain.

In another vein (pun intended) Hillary had a brain clot but the clot died due to the toxic environment.
Posted by: Warthog   2018-02-27 14:40  

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