Heart Rhythm Conditions – Welcome to the group

@gift440 yes NSVT is different from SVT! I am glad that you are having what seems to be good care.

One of my kids may have Ehlers Danlos and nearly faints a lot, often in the heat. Their atria are enlarged and they are just being evaluated. In their teens their resting heart rate was 140, discovered in a physical education class. (I have afib, the common cold of cardiology! My high heart rate is SVT though.)

ps very wise to avoid too much tracking due to the anxiety it can cause!!

Would you feel reassured with a pacemaker and defibrillator? Are you thinking of going ahead with that?

So worrying. I have developed Arrythmia along with RBBB.

I see. I am not tracking it. Although I could on my Apple Watch, I’d rather not get anxiety about it.

Do you have a Linq 11 loop a device in your heart to monitor it in real time and see what is going on ?

He told me condition was worse or dangerous because in the lower chamber( s?. Scheduled surgery to put Linq device in 2 days later. I report symptoms and dr reviews as they occur via my Iphone and Medtronic monitor in my heart.

He talked about a pacemaker and defibrillator . I went because I was tired all the time and felt faint a lot for years. Have Ehlers Danlos and was told they are testing whole families that have that because can affect aorta.

My grandson a college junior fainted playing inter-mural football recently. the cardiac the testing Found he does have irregular heart rhthym. He’s in great physical condition. In premed.

I am 78 so I had heart issues identified first 51 years ago.

I wish I didn’t have it!

My cousin had heart issues. It didn’t stop him from traveling by car long distances for quite a while.

I have had near fainting light headed symptoms for decades .
My OBGYN heard something and had me referred to heart Dr who had me wearing a heart monitor while I was 6 months pregnant. I was 27.
There were complications with C- section delivery ( Ehlers Danlos) . I stayed in hospital over 3 wks . No further follow-up was for heart testing came after.

Mine is in the lower chambers. I’ll go with what my cardiologist told me and advise my family accordingly.

Your heart issue may be different.

I meant to say 90%…

I just wanted to introduce myself and tell you to try ablation. Age 79, pacemaker, housebound due to arthritis. I finally found a good cardiologist who specialized in arrhythmia-it’s a whole sub - specialty with many practitioners. First ablation wore off after 3 months, very common. Second one working fine after 9 months. There’s hope for us with this procedure-99% have to have a second one, I read. So wonderful not to live with this thing! Look for a specialist!

SVT, which involves the upper chambers, over time can lead to heart failure but not likely "sudden death." That would be ventricular tachycardia. You may have misunderstood something the doctor said about your condition, may want to confirm with him or her, as thinking about "sudden death" would certainly be distressing.

There are two types of medicines, one for rate control when in tachycardia and one for rhythm regulation. Whichever of those two you need your cardiologist and/or EP will tell you.

Metoprolol interferes with adrenergic receptors in the heart. It prevents reactivity in the myocytes which makes them ramp up more easily and speed up their output.
https://cvpharmacology.com/cardioinhibitory/beta-blockers
The many anti-arrhythmics do the same thing, but with calcium, sodium, and potassium.
https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/drugs/22867-what-are-antiarrhythmics
I'm not aware of a medicine that treats ventricular tachycardia per se, but there may be one. Either that or a pacemaker.

Edit (added after looking): https://www.drugs.com/condition/ventricular-tachycardia.html