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1528249 tn?1291875739

Cardiac Arrest VF ?

Ventricular fib?
i was recently in hospital due to a collapse which resluted in me being shocked twice.i seem to collapse quite a bit but this first time i did not wake up.they have called my previous collapses possible ventricular tachycardias?
Im 19 and have no cardiac problems,normal heart etc.
i have uploaded my ECG in my pictures on my profile
i think in my ecg i can see R waves?but maybe im wrong??because if there are R waves maybe i was not in cardiac arrest?? any help is much appreciated i am very worried

It did happen suddenly, i was at the mall,luckily this mall had a defib. I have had all the tests and i have a normal heart overall except obviously this, my cardiologist at the hospital tho,just put an implantable reveal device in i thought best would have been an ICD? because what use will the reveal be if i was to not wake up or no one had a defib to help me?He sais because i pass out alot that hes hoping to catch it first..... :S
Silly new zealand public hospital system!
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159619 tn?1707018272
I am sorry to hear of your issues and I hope you get the answers you're looking for. As a reminder, please keep in mind that the expert forum asks that you limit the number of questions asked to only 2 in a  6 month period so everyone has an opportunity to access the forum experts.

Good luck,

Jon
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1495448 tn?1326842830
MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL
I have answered this question in another thread.  I hope you have subsequently been evaluated and treated for this potentially life threatening arrythmia.
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967168 tn?1477584489
sorry the link didnt work this time...MH filters alot of things like this - www . cccgroup . info/ neurosyn . asp (take out the spaces and make it a web address)
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967168 tn?1477584489
I posted in your other thread, so hopefully you'll read one of these:

Here's a link with some info if it is heart/ANS combo: http://www.********.info/neurosyn.asp

"Among the arrhythmias causing syncope, tachycardias (fast heartbeats), particularly those of ventricular origin, rather than bradycardias (slow heartbeats) are more often the culprits. In most patients with any evidence of previously known heart disease, it is likely that their syncope is related to a cardiac arrhythmia, usually VT. This is a serious matter because in patients with syncope due to VT, it’s common for SCD to occur within the ensuing year, this should be preventable if the cause of the syncope is found and managed."

I have suffered syncope (fainting) since age 9, I'm 43 now - dr's dismissed my fainting/blackouts as nothing or stress etc until I was 42; when it was almost too late. Until I had an ablation dr's told me my arrhythmia's weren't dangerous (the old dr cop out) but they were - ekg's showed my pvc's as being multi focal and my VT was dangerous but overlooked.

Please find another dr or when your VT starts go to a different hospital and don't leave until they give you answers as to why with Polymorphic VT and VT runs they won't implant an ICD (also ask on the icd support group forum I gave you earlier; there are patients from your area there)

Hopefully one of the MH dr's will give you some sound advice about what to do, before it's too late.
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