SVT : change in duration. Self-resolved

Posted by opiestrer @opiestrer, Jul 16, 2024

I was about to add this comment to keliza’s excellent open topic message, but I decided to make a new topic to emphasize that, in my case, quick valsalva manuevers in the past have seemingly given way to self-correction of my SVT arrhythmia.

I won’t repeat my history here because I already did that in other messages here.

All I want to report now is that my 24/7 heart rate monitor using my Apple Watch series 9, and SmokyCat software has yielded my first recorded self-corrections last night as seen in the attached photo.

I forgot to set my bpm alarm last night, so I only saw the results when I woke up.

In the long history of SVT since my 30’s, it could last for hours. Now, at 76 years old, I am continuing to improve.
My doctor (s) and I are open to the medical remedies but we choose to keep on with my SVT as it is, without any medication or ablation, and it is marked in my records as “SVT, benign.”

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opiestrer | @opiestrer | Jul 18, 2024

I’m sure some will correctly have questions to my conclusion because it was so quick to resolve.
While I promise I will not make this a daily habit to post graphs, it just happened that a SVT occurred and for the sake of science, I let it go to see what would happen. It self-resolved itself. See graph.

opiestrer | @opiestrer | Jul 19, 2024

I neglected to add my reason for posting the above message and messages in several other heart rhythm threads.

It’s not just to document my condition.
Having the PSVT condition for 41 years while living a totally full, happy, healthy life without worrying, I started posting my story here on Mayo to give hope to someone who may be wringing their hands and fretting often about their SVT condition, without knowing that occasionally there are patients like me who live a full life and have multiple doctors and specialists that call my PSVT condition “benign.”

So, if you have SVT, it is possible you are like me and can live a full life without limitations, medications or operations like ablation. And with wonder but without worry.

Maybe not likely, but possible!

Good luck to you.

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