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Managing and Living With PACs and PVCs
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@waitec I logged in/joined to see if anyone else was in my boat! I’ve been super healthy forever with just occasional SVT. Cardiologists indicated it’s completely benign so I went on with life. In August I had an SVT with syncope (new word for me), I fainted while driving!!!! So, my benign boring SVT became an emergency. I had the ablation surgery which every one claims is the easy fix and I’m good to go. Only now, I have PAC’s and SVT’s every day almost all day. I feel every single early beat. My Kardia Mobile shows Premature Ectopy all day long. ZIO monitor reports back excessive PACS.
Is it possible/likely the ablation fixed one thing and created another? I’m exhausted. Ugh.
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Usually the ablation stops the unwanted arrhythmia, but flutter is one example that can be 'substituted' when an ablation is performed for AF (atrial fibrillation). Also, you can get PACs resulting from an ablation, and yes, SVT as well. It is usually the fault of insufficient mapping in my opinion, although the electrophysiologist who performed your procedure might disagree with me, maybe even for very good reasons.
Over on afibbers.org, we stress constantly that one must do research to find the very best, most experienced, and most skilled EP in one's area, even if one must travel for up to a day. Just as there are mediocre teachers and piano players, there are mediocre EPs.