Douglas Ross10 said:Look—PSVT is a pretty broad diagnosis. There are different types of tachycardia—usually it's WPW or AVNRT (basically a tiny cluster in your heart sending out rogue electrical signals that trigger the tachycardia)—and you find out which one it is through an EP study. That’s a procedure where they test your heart's electrical conductivity to pinpoint exactly where that "cluster" is hiding. If it's a good candidate for ablation, they'll suggest an ablation, which can often be done right then and there. It's a pretty safe procedure—almost zero complications.
Ugh, tell me about it... I have tachycardia too. I've tried basically every drug under the sun—nothing works. Now I'm 20 weeks pregnant and it's hitting me constantly. During the day I'm okay, but lately, it happens while I'm sleeping—I just jerk awake and my heart starts racing like crazy. Most times I can handle it myself, but the last two times I ended up in the ICU. Of course, they can't give me anything except Betalock ZOK 25mg once a day. I've decided that once I give birth, I'm finally going in for that procedure. I'm 20 weeks along and it's already hit me 9 times... and at all hours, like 3 or 4 in the morning. I'm honestly getting sick of this thing. Which doctor does this, and what hospital should I go to? Thanks for any info.
And before I got pregnant, Isoptin via IV worked best for me... but now I can't touch it.