Another heart procedure for Bochy

Manager Bruce Bochy revealed Tuesday that he will undergo a second ablation procedure on his heart, this time to repair an atrial fibrillation. He expects to have it done in San Diego early next week.

This procedure will take more time and is more invasive than the ablation that Bochy underwent in April to stop a heart flutter, but he still called it routine.

Bochy knew in April that he would have to have the second procedure and considered doing it at the All-Star break, but decided to wait until the end of the season because this one requires more rest.

Bochy expects to return to San Francisco for Giants meetings Oct. 23 and has not altered plans for trips to Central America and the Dominican Republic.

Bochy hopes this ablation will restore his heartbeat to a normal rhythm once and for all. He has felt the symptoms from an irregular heartbeat daily, or every other day, but said it had no effect on his managing. Nor will this procedure impact his ability to continue.

“I don’t want anyone to think this has any effect on my work or abilities moving forward, because it doesn’t,” he said. Cleveland manager Terry

Francona underwent a similar procedure before the AllStar break. He missed the All-Star Game but returned for the second half and has managed since with no interruptions. Jim Harbaugh had a similar procedure when he coached the 49ers in 2012.

Bochy was first hospitalized for an irregular heartbeat in Miami in August 2016 and was given medication. He also had two stents inserted into a blocked artery during spring training in 2015, an issue unrelated to the irregular heartbeat.

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