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I have had years of SVT, I had an ablasion last month that showed afib/aflutter on m=both th rt and left side of my heart. They were able to ablate the right side only, I am still having issues even though I am taking 25 mg of atenoil  On my follow up appt, my ep said he could do the other side, but it is only 70% effective. I could also start a new medication, but it has a 2-3% risk of cardiac arrest. I could also have a pacer placed.
Tonight, I was in the ER with a rate of 130-150's It did correct itself while I was there. I am just at a cross road. I am only 38 yrs old.I do not/can not deal with this for the rest of my life.  What would you do, if you were in my position.
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967168 tn?1477584489
while I don't have svt I do suffer some crazy heart arrythmia's one of which are malignant ryhthms and went into vfib 3 times during my ablation

that was back in august 2009 and for 2 blissful days I had NO pvc's wrecking havoc on my body...pac's started and slowly pvc's started back, not the multitude of too many thousands to count like before, but still bothersome - I had a pacemaker/icd implanted

ablations do take time to heal and some take longer than others to heal, and some even have to be redone because it didnt work or the problems crop up in another area, I've already been told I need another one, but it redone having one any time soon

I've had my HR jump to 155 just from standing or drop to 40 in a blink then shoot back up for no reason; then I've had it monitored and hr stays at 125 even sleeping - mine's due to ANS problems which I have to learn to deal with the rest of my life

you may need to experiment with different medications - there's no one cure all for everyone - what may work for you, would never work for me, so it's a trial until  you find the right thing
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I forgot to add that during my ablation, I was cardioverted twice.
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