Stress Echo Results

[Tgodwin]

Well I just got back from my follow up and my doctor said my heart its perfect structurally which is good..But then he also said I have SVT and the first thing that came out of his mouth that I was hoping he wouldn't say was an ablation. He is talking to his partner (an EP) and they are giving me a call back tomarrow to see if I want to get it done.

Can any of you that have had a ablation tell me about it? I'm pretty scared right now thinking something might go wrong, i'm only 17 and didn't think I would have to deal with heart problems this young, i'm just wanting to know whats the procedure like and how do you feel after you've had the ablation done?

Also while I was on the treadmill I had a panic attack and it caused my heartrate to shoot up, could the doctor have mistaken that for SVT?
Also, how big are the risk percentages for this?

[Tgodwin]

I also asked him if I could exercise and he said that I can do anything...But why is he concerned with my Heart rate getting so high during the treadmill test and offering me a ablation?...I know I should have asked him this but I wasn't really thinking too much because he scared me with the ablation idea.

So should I go exercise or wait for the call back from him?

[Tgodwin]

Yeah I was thinking the same thing, i'm not too sure how he found it was SVT unless the EKG showed it? I'm just confused right now about the whole thing...But that's why hes talking to the EP to see what he thinks. Would SVT show up on a treadmill test if I was hooked up to a EKG? My heart rate shot up to 217 BMP while I was on the treadmill.

[RNRita]

I certainly hope that he didn't diagnose SVT from a treadmill.  SVT is a heart rate over 150 WITHOUT exercise being the cause.  If he diagnosed it because you have a high HR w/o exercise and it truly IS SVT, then an ablation is not the horror you are thinking.  I have a few friends who have had them and told me they were "nothing."  I'm sure everyone's experience is different, though.  Lots of people here have had one, but if it was for PVCs then their experience is different, too.  Good luck.  Try not to be scared.