Chest pain following ablation

[Teach1]

Hi all.  I had an ablation 4 weeks ago and since that time I have been experiencing chest tightness, pressure, and sharp pains in the heart.  I am seeing my doctor on a weekly basis to determine the cause and undergo treatment.  Following a work up of tests (echo, nuclear stress, ekg, etc.) the doctor has determined that everything in the heart is normal and that this "discomfort may be something that I just have to ride out." I never experienced these problems before the procedure and had an ablation due to SVT.  My question is - has anyone had similar experiences following an ablation procedure?  If so what were your symptoms, how long did the discomfort last, and what type of treatment did you undergo?  I am a helthy 29 year old that had been exercising regularly before the procedure.  Since then I have not been able to do so because of the pain.  I just want to feel "normal" again.  Thank you for your response!

[CDoug1967]

Well, I did call out sick the other day and its a good thing I did. A clot developed at the catheter site and traveled to the lung. I have spent the week in the hospital now with a pulmonary embolism.
If you have pain that lasts longer than 2 days or you have shortness of breath, see your doctor. It may save your life. Doctors told me I could have died if I went to work Monday.

[CDoug1967]

I just had an ablation done January 31. I was fine when I first came home other than the discomfort at the catheter site. Since then I have been having tightness in my chest, pain in the chest, more arrythmia than I had before although its not as strong. This seems to occur as i lie down to sleep.
The pain is mostly a feeling of heat radiating throughout the middle and left side of the chest. It is not excruciating, but it is constant and occasionally it is a stabbing pain. I was supposed to return to work Friday but I was too short of breath and the pain worried me. The last time I was at work they called an ambulance because of shortness of breath and chest pain so I decided to wait until Monday.
It is 2:40 am on Monday now and I have been unable to sleep due to my heart fluttering when I lay flat and from the chest pain. Saturday and Sunday were bad and I almost went to the ER but I figured i could hold off for my appointment on Wednesday.
Looks like I'm calling out again and I'll try to get an appointment with my cardiologist.

[Mickeymcolla]

My daughter 11 years old had Abalation for SVT on December 15,2011. We have had lots of SVT in the past year but on November 18,2011 she had her 3rd episode in 3 days, her previous Cardiologist said it was Vaso-vagal and ignore it. I called on the 18 and talked to the on call Dr. who told me to go to the er or fire station. We did and while she was 45 minutes into the episode they were unable to count her pulse, the portable EKG started at 239, while trying to get an IV in to give her some thing to stop the SVT she peaked at 289.  We started seeing the new cardiologist the following week. Who said the episodes were getting to close and to intense.
Her surgery it self was less then 2 hours because as soon as they set the cath in place to do the EP study she went into SVT. They did use heat to burn the "defect" but it was on the left side and for some reason that released blood clots into her system?! After she woke up her monitor kept showing PVC's but the nurse kept saying it was nothing to worry about.
Now tomorrow will be 6 weeks, she has been on asprin since the surgery. But the pain she has had it horrible. She has had pain in her legs, and hands... Most recently in her neck, yesterday she came home early from school with a stabbing pain just below her left rib cage and just under her left under arm. and also she is VERY tired, and extremely pale. Today she had the pain in her neck, and left shoulder (back side)...
While I have called her cardiologist many times and we did see him on January 17 ( the only time since her ablation) and he said he doesn't know what or why but said she is fine and he will see us in a year! Should I worry? I have to take her off of the asprin tomorrow, but I am so scared she is having blood clots still. She is a tough little girl and these pains stop her in her tracks... Please HELP!!!!

[John688]

I did my pulmonary vein ablation surgery 7 weeks before. After procedure the first 1-2 week, I had more and stronger AF than I had before. Doctor explained to me it's normal. It did get better after 3-4 weeks. My feeling is the procedure may be successful.
But I am having a problem now is that my voice often turn to be coarse and weak, especially when I get tired. Even some time I feel a little bit pain in my windpipe area. Doctor is going to arrange a test for me.
Anybody has similar experience?

[hendy291]

turns out my chest pain was caused by clots in my lungs - pulmonary embolisms. i am now on blood thinning medications... cumadin and lovanox. if you have extreme shoulder pain, shortness of breath, chest tightness, and flutters - go to the the ER right away!!!

[Lizzie72]

I had my ablation for RVOT done 6 years ago. I just found this blog today b/c I was researching the medication I was put on. It's amazing to hear how similiar many of these posts are to what I experienced. I thought it was just me. After having my ablation my heart rate increased and I was diagnosed with hypertension. Prior to having the ablation my HR was normal (except when I had the runs of tachycardia) and had never had BP issues. To this day, I have not been given an explanation as to why my HR spiked and continues to run 90-100 at rest and 100 + with minimal physical activity. I am on Cardizem LA to keep my HR down and take anti-hypertensive medication.