Accessory pathway

Posted By Greg on July 17, 1999 at 17:00:09
About a year ago i started having rapid heart rythms (170 bpm) resting, causing dizziness shortness of breath.  After about the third attack i was reffered to a cardiologist that diagnosed it as an accessory pathway.  He then prescribed Verapamil.  When I have an attack on the Verapamil it is less severe and lasts just a minute or two.  He then put me on digitalis, after the first day my heart was pounding and I had a severe rapid heart beat attack.  I called the doc and he told me to continue the medicine through the weekend.  The weekend produced the same response hard beat and also lethergy.  I called the doc on monday and he told me to increase the verapamil.  Tues produced a severe attack weds produced a severe attack and weds I ended up in the hospital with an attack plus I had numb feet.  After this I stoped Taking the digitalis.  Medline says the contraindications for digitalis include accessory pathway, since the dig seems to reinforce the accessory pathway as the main path.  Do you have any idea if the syptoms (symptoms) are of an accessory pathway and what are the complications from the meds?  I now have a king of hearts moniter on to try to catch my heart in an attack.  Greg










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