I am 65 yrs old in 1999 was diaganosed with WPW. An ablation was done, not successful, but was
told the pathway was behind my heart and not life threatning! Took meds, but could not tolerate
made it worse. Since I have had bouts of 150 to 170 pulse from time to time, but just rested
and it eventually went away.
Last year, 2007, was told I had hypertenseion, put on ZIAC. That seemed to make the WPW occur
less often, but still on occasion.
QUESTION: I was told that I would NOT know the difference between the onset of WPW occurance
and an actual Heart Attack. Symptoms are the same, pain in chest, tightening in chest, racing heart
beat. HOW WILL I know if this is time to call 911? I have NOT been back to a cardiologist since
the ablation, otherwise I'm healthy.
Thank you for your reply,
Marilyn