I have "athlete's heart" and a similar situation....
After many years of marathoning, long distance road bike riding and other endurance sports with NO previous heart abnormalities I had a nasty bike accident and left the hospital that day with Atrial Fibrilation. Pretty certain the heart rhythm was normal prior to the crash.
5 weeks later the heart reverted back to normal sinus rhythm with the help of an anti-arrhythmia drug . Because I now have a history of AF I must deal with the FAA to get cleared for the 1st Class.
For the FAA I will get a positive letter from the cardiologist, submit all test results and be free of all meds except a daily aspirin.
Not sure what this looks like..hoping the AME can sort it out for me in short order but expecting the worst, a long delay for the FAA to review and approve. They currently have about a 10 week backlog of Special Issuance requests.
If anyone has any experience with this sort of thing I would like to hear it.
Last edited by ksjc; 8th Feb 2014 at 16:12.