EP study and cardiac ablation: What to expect?
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I went through an ablation for my AVNRT tachycardia at Mayo Clinic. About two days later, the nightmare actually began. I started dealing with these massive bursts of palpitations—we're talking preskok 8000 Ves. On top of that, there was this constant, exhausting burning sensation in my chest and shortness of breath. To make matters worse, I was prescribed Concor 2.5, which sent my blood pressure plummeting. It got to the point where I was heading to the ER every couple of days. Eventually, I ended up at Johns Hopkins on January 18th. They gave me a portable monitor to track the episodes, and sure enough, by early February, I caught a reading of 205 beats per minute—AVNRT had returned in all its glory.🙂I underwent a re-ablation on February 18th, and it’s hard to believe it’ll be four months already. Even now, there's this lingering heat in my chest. Plus, I keep getting these sinus tachycardias, ranging from 108 up to 130 bpm. They seem to pop up about every five days, even when I'm just resting. My doctor insists everything is perfectly normal and that things will settle down eventually, but it's tough to hear. Currently, I'm taking Helex 2.5 as needed, but those "needs" are becoming a daily occurrence. And since my blood pressure is so low, beta-blockers are completely out of the question. Ugh. Sorry if I'm dumping all of this on you guys—these sinus tachycardias are really wearing me down. Has anyone else gone through something similar?