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Is ablation necessary??

Is ablation necessary??

Posted By KATE on June 23, 1998 at 19:31:02:







I am 22 yrs old and have regular palpitations and a resting heart rate of 108.  Just a walk from one room to another can cause my heart rate to jump to 170.
I have had two hospital admissions in the past two months, as I was having palpitations and a continued heart rate of 220 per min.
They have performed two holters, which showed up only a little bit of SVT, and I do not have a result for the second holter as yet.
Echo was normal.   The Stress test showed severe tachycardia, (190 bpm in the first 15 secs) but no arryhthmia before I passed out.
I am taking 240g of verapamil daily, but it doesn't seem to do much.
I am now scheduled for an ablation in OCtober, but my worry is, Is it really necessary???  What if they can't find a pathway????  With such a small amoount of SVT shown on the Holter, is an ablation jumpung the gun??
Thanks
Kate

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