Electrophysiology Study

Now that makes sense! I kept looking for the edit button and thought my vision was affected. LOL Thank you.

My DH heart rate started going higher so they upped his metroprolol and he's been doing well since. We postponed his mayo appt for 2019 allowing us time to get better insurance. In two weeks he'll be there for an EKG, Echocardiogram and Holter monitor. He's had the first two done before, but not the Holter. Is there anything we should know about it? Any Mayo tips are greatly appreciated. Thank you.

@sistertwo I have all those tests done yearly at Mayo in Rochester; I’ll be there next week. The Holter Monitor is an ekg that you wear for 24 hours. During this time you cannot shower or get the leads wet in any way. They give you a little portable monitor attached to the leads that you will need to carry around. They put it in a little pouch that you can carry either around your neck or shoulder. Then you just go about all your daily activities as usual. In 24 hours you take the leads off and return the monitor for evaluation. They do give you a small journal asking that you take notes on your activities and any symptoms you may feel. You turn that in with the monitor.
I have pretty sensitive skin and always develop an itchy red rash from the heart monitor patches so I always bring along hydrocortisone cream for that after the patches are removed.
Hopefully this is helpful to you. Feel free to ask any further questions. Best wishes for good results.

@ilnapenny Hello... I'm afraid I can't explain what is happening in your particular situation but I have been dealing with Afib and atrial flutter for decades and understand your nervousness and frustration. I think the heart's electrical system is really complicated for mere mortals like us and I have struggled as well to understand exactly what my EPs are telling me and what it all means. The best thing you can do is to do a little research online (I typed 'heart block' in google and very quickly got a basic understanding of what it is). I am sure I have type 1 heart block occasionally but it does not appear to be a problem. It sounds like they plan another ablation for you once they figure out exactly where to go and the test will certainly help them do that. I was on propafenone as well for many years until it stopped working -- they tend to do that. I also have had two ablations and am considering a third one. I could potentially go for cardioversions every time I get a sustained episode since the other two options presented did not appeal to me. It is all very overwhelming and it is important that you take care of your overall health (diet, sleep, some exercise) and try and stay strong. It also helps to have someone to help you deal with all this. The only thing to watch for in researching all this is that it can get overwhelming and confusing in a hurry. A lot of the material online may not be specific to your situation and in language that is not very friendly. I hope this helps in some way. All the best. Mary

Hello Everyone I was informed today that I will need an Electrophysiology Test because an area in my Atrium is firing 150 bpm and my lower chamber is at 80 bpm thus causing complete heart block. I have been having constant palpitations. I was also told that the Ablation i had before was burned and that these episodes now are slower than atrial flutter. She also used the words AV Nodes and Symptomatic Atrial Tachycardia. They will try to find an area thats causing the short circuit and ablate. I am on Xarelto 20mg for DVT and the Rythmol 225 mg 3* daily is not working. Has anyone else experience this and can comment deeper on what and why this may be happening. Doc explained it but I felt so overwhelmed with all that info. I could maybe process it better reading some of the responses from you guys that can maybe relate to these issues. Feeling nervous and thanks for any feed back.