Sa node modification number 2

Has anyone had a second sa node modification? I can’t find anything on a second one. 

3 Comments

Ablation

by Alma Annie - 2018-01-11 18:15:10

By a modification, do you mean an ablation?  I had a second ablation a year after the first.  Fixed most of my problems, so now I am 97% paced.  No worries.  Does this help?

Alma Annie

Yes ablation

by LemonPledge - 2018-01-11 18:20:11

Yes ablation. Did you need your pacemaker after the second one? Or did you already have it?  

Ablation

by Alma Annie - 2018-01-13 06:34:38

After the 1st ablation my heartrate was all over the place, from 30 to about 120   beats a minute, so EP would not let me home.  On 3rd day he said a pacemaker was the only way to go.  I continued with chest pain problems unrelated to the pm and ablation, also kept having coronary artery spasm.  After a year EP suggested another ablation, even though he said no guarantees that it would work.  So I agreed.  As I had the paceemaker he could really attack the sa node, which he did, destroying most of it, however that did not matter as the pm would take over.  I felt much better straight away, now I hardly ever have problems, just sometimes irregular heartbeats, but apparently that is not an issue.  Do you know why you need a second one?

Alma Annie

 

 

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