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SVT & Ablation
In 2020 I started get rapid heartbeats on a regular basis even if I was not doing anything physical. They would last up to an hour at 200 beats. Heart monitor never detected anything but my doctor said to use the Kardia device and I did when it started. He knew right away it was SVT. I had an ablation and thank god it took the first time. I was able to fully function within a day of the procedure, it’s now almost 5 years and I feel very good with no side effects and no meds. I am told there is a chance it can come back but so far so good. I am 63 yrs old.
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I had my first SVT after being hospitalized for Congestive heart failure with severe edema. I was in my room reading my tablet when a huge group of nurses came in, along with 2 doctors and a crash cart. They kept staring at the monitor. I had no idea what was happening but they told me I was in V-tac. Scared the daylights out of me. I was then transferred to the Heart Center at our Medical Center. It settled itself after being transferred. I lost almost 40 lbs of fluid and have been feeling better since then. I was also placed on Entresto.
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Wow that’s amazing I’m so happy for you..and to know that your not on medication is fab.. in my case I was diagnosed 10 weeks ago with PSVT… I recently went to cardiology for a repenting check up and while I was there I had two bad episodes so thankfully the hospital and doctors could see first hand what I go through..I had to stay in for 3 days while they monitored me and to see if I have anymore episodes which I don’t thankfully but they have suggested the ablation which i definitely want as I’ve done so much research into this.. but while I wait more tests they have put me on bisoprolol and omg have o felt rubbish on them… it’s been 9 days and for the last few days my blood pressure dropped and I felt woozy and fatigued and just felt low.. I’ve been told it takes a while to get in your system but can anyone give any advice.. I’m only on a low dose of 2.5 but wow it makes you feel pretty rubbish x
All of the calcium channel blockers and beta blockers can suppress the heart's rate when the heart is NOT in arrythmia. This is one of the well-known drawbacks of such blockers... when the heart is willing to play nice for several days or longer, those chemicals can have something like a cumulative effect and they will make the heart go into official bradycardia territory (technically, any HR lower than 60 beats per minute is considered bradycardia). However, there are many people whose normal HR is far lower when calm and at rest, such as when reading a book or watching TV. I'm talking about an HR running between 38-50 BPM. My own when I was younger and a competitive runner was 38!. God knows what it was when I was in deep stages of sleep!
Anyway, you say you feel listless and not very chipper? It is probably the blocker. Your dose is the lowest given typically for bisoprolol. Otherwise, it might be an arrhythmia that you don't sense. Arrythmias, all by themselves, can leave you breathless, foggy, anxious, not wanting to do anything except to fret, even feeling faint. This is why self-monitoring for your heart's rhythm is important. If you're not symptomatic when in arrhythmia, in your case it's a tachyarrhythmia, and you feel nothing that alerts you, you may still get the sensations of being listless, out of breath, etc.