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Increasing different arrythmias

Symptoms of heart differing rhythms seem to be increasing with occas. ER visits for everything from AF to SVT WITH "COMPLEX aRRHYTHMIAS" including tightness in chest - no pain -, near syncope, ad.inf. 79 yr old female with increasing lengths of episodes up to 4 hours per episode, and  several episodes of varying rhythms each day.  Candidate for ablaton therapy? Pacemaker??  See my cardiologist tomrw 1/21/11. Sigh. Had card Cath 2 weeks ago. Some plaque.  Really need relief. Now up to 300mg diltiazem daily. Thankk you
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Thanks for your interest...I've been led to look into my thyroid functions, or lack(s) thereof, and some beginning research does indicate that some negative symptoms can certainly include heart arrythmias, ad.inf.  My cardio MD has me set up for carotid arteries sonogram plus and Echo (will have tomorrow) and has put me on a cardionet 3-week, day and night monitor.  Started that last night. Recently had my TS  (THS?) and T-4 blood work results  which arewith in normal ranges.  However, have thyroid sonos yearly because of small nodes found.. Not cancerous.  As yet!  With all that i now being checked, I still doubt there will be any definitive answers, tho card doc will undoubtedly say I am not a candidate for either  ablation or a pace-maker.  I do know that general anaesthesia throws me into AF and  other  arrhythmias.
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Please let us know what your cardio says. I am noticing that a lot of people are complaining that their arrhythmias are increasing lately, including me.  Something is just odd about it all.
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