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SVT questions for cardiologist
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Same here!! I’m currently awaiting a cardiology consult at Mayo. My current cardiologist loves to say “Benign” and then said “I don’t think your SVT is causing your presyncope”. SO frustrating-the only time I start to faint is when I feel my heart beat flutter in my neck and then it beats really fast for usually less than 20 seconds. I was only able to catch the SVT on my Apple Watch once. It happened 19 times during a 30 day event monitor. All of my episodes have been short SVT, thankfully.
I just want to be taken seriously and get it under control so I can drive again. I have a relatively healthy heart, and I am very thankful for that.
This SVT can’t be good for keeping it healthy though. My heart is working twice as hard during these episodes.
Metoprolol seemed to help at first, but after 30 days of it I had my worst episode yet, leaving me seriously confused about where I was, etc.
What brought me to Mayo was a wonderful neurology consult because my current cardiologist had said it was not my heart causing the SVT. Further testing did show some autonomic dysfunction, but no POTS or Orthostatic Hypotension.
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@beanyh Your SVT is short-lived and occasional. Yeah, it's not 'good' to have any arrhythmia, any kind at all, but since yours is 'paroxysmal', it is the best place to be if you must have any one of the 16 or so arrhythmias. It's occasional and self-limiting nature, even if just for the time being, is not going to put you in any danger, nor is it going to cause permanent remodeling of your heart's structures.
What you DO want to do is to push for close monitoring, for your EP/cardio team to accept data uploads from you if you have a wearable or Kardia 6L that can show them what you record when you know you're having an episode, and you want a short line to get an ablation if that is a likely restorative procedure for your arrhythmia.