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They weren't able to sustain the svt long enough to ablate and discovered that my accesorry pathway is up against my SA node so I run the risk of needing a pacemaker if the svt is ablated. I was on metoprolol up until a week ago but was having frequent dose increases due to my svt breakthroughs on the med. I was up to 150 mg bid. I was also getting severe fatigue from the med. My cardio changed my med to verapamil 240 mg qday. I have noticed I'm still tachy 120's at times and up into the 150s.
The doctors were very concerned that my heart would become enlarged with the constant tachycardia, so they attempted several SA node ablations. I had three ablations done over about a years time. Eventually they did work, but they ended up ablating a little to much of the sinus node and my heart rate dropped profoundly to 30-40. So they ended up putting in a single chamber atrial pacemaker.
I'm stuck with, er, taking Diltiazem - helps with angina, lowers BP, supposed to help with some atrial arrhythmias, is a CCB.
The reason for them is, ironically, to help prevent the heart from stopping, they are God's way of giving the heart's normal electrical points (SA Node and AV Node) a backup system! Believe it or not, you are fine in reference to these premature beats, so you are better off to try and just forget about them. Being pregnant, you are going to be having more heart 'issues' because your heart is working harder than normal to cover for your baby.
I put the covera aside n took my usual dose of diltiazem er.... At least heart attack wasnt listed on the diltiazem as a side effect.
Or if it was i missed it....
I was put on metoprolol & after 1 dose went to the rythm i ever experienced, and have had that rytm off & on ever since.
Does ya make ya wonder if the meds even worsen what u r taking them for. I am afraid to try any new now.
he didn't see the 24 hour holter monitor results or the ultrasound of stress test results, just went off of the previous doctor's word that nothing was structurally wrong. the doctor I saw before the EP had said it was SA node tachycardia. The EP says it's Inappropriate Sinus Node Tachycardia.
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The contractions are caused by an electrical signal that begins in an area of the heart called the sinoatrial node (also called the sinus node or SA node). The signal moves through the upper heart chambers (the atria) and tells the atria to contract.
PSVT starts with events taking place above the lower heart chambers (ventricles). PSVT can be initiated in the SA node, in the upper heart chambers (atria), in the atrial conduction pathways, or other areas.
research) but there are other options - I switched to a drug called Diltiazem which caused no side effects (for me - everyone is different) and did the job nicely.
Don't let the others send you into a spin - none of us are doctors and many jump to conclusions - please come back and clarify the situation for us.
Good luck.
I had an ablation for Atrial Tach and atypical avnrt in October 2005. Best thing I have done so far for my heart trouble. Now I am hoping for techniques to advance sufficiently so that I can have a PVC ablation attempted as well. For me ablation was a great option. I battled in the early weeks after the procedure as my heart was very unstable and I had a lot of tachycardia whilst it healed and was irritated initially from the procedure.
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