Recommeded no Treatment For SVT. Any one else?

Posted by svt69 @svt69, 1 day ago

Anyone have successful treatment for SVT?

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Many are told so. However, IF your SVT is of a type that can be treated, the gold standard of care, once the 'burden' rises to the nuisance level and beyond, typically somewhere between 3-10% of all beats in a 24 hour period, is 'catheter ablation', a day surgery procedure. You should be referred to an electrophysiologist, or heart electrician. These specialized cardiologists are experts with heart rhythm and arrhythmias.

SVTs are often easy to treat. One way that works for some SVTs are creating small lesions in the tissues from where the signals emerge can cause the rapid beats. Ablations involve anesthetic, last about 90 minutes all the way to about four hours, depending on what they find and have to do, and you'll be home or back at the hotel by about 1700 hrs at the latest. If you're one of the first done that day, you'll be discharged by about 1500 or so.

Were you told why they suggest doing nothing? What have you learned about your type of SVT?

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There are several reports on statistics for successful ablation for SVT, typically between 90-95%, with some as high as 98%. But if a condition can be treated, it should be treated is not good medicine at all; in fact, it's a terrible course. All "treatments" carry at least some risk. and ablation is an invasive procedure that certainly has significant risks, however low probability. I admire your doc being forthright with you. However, if you don't like it, you can always find a doc that will do what you want.

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