6 mo checkup

Today I went for my 6-month checkup following up on a Medtronic 2-lead pm for SSS. I've been having a lot of arrhythmias (have hereditary arrhythmias and multiple ablations). I have been transmitting with Carelink every 1-2 weeks. The EP (I've been going to him about 15 years) told me today I was having rates of svt of up to 240 for up to 5 min. That's why I've been feeling so poorly. I had it today in the office. I starting back on Norpace and he wants to schedule an ablation, saying my heart is out of sync. Right now my atrium is pacing at 97.8% and my ventricle at 2%. He said there is a risk of causing heart block with the ablation. Any advice. I am in my 50s, healthy and no other heart/health issues. My only med I'm taking is Xeralto. Due to work schedule, I won't schedule it until late November/early Dec. He said there is a risk of damaging a nerve that could cause heart block, but my pm would take care of that. He wasn't too happy with the wait, as he says it could damage my heart. Any comments or questions would be appreciated.

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I agreed on an ablation

by MathTeacher - 2015-10-09 04:10:25

Hi,

I don't want to give you advice on what to do with the ablation, but I thought I'd let you know that I just had one last week. I, too, have a dual lead Medtronic for SSS (I got it five months ago). I can't take any medication for my SVT, so my cardiologist recommended an ablation. I was really nervous about it, but everything went fine. I just had a little soreness in the groin area, but the heart's been beating okay. I won't know for a while if the ablation worked or not, but I hope so. I'm glad I had it done.

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