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Cardiac arrhythmia is a group of conditions in which the muscle contraction of the heart is irregular or is faster or slower than normal. Some arrhythmias are life-threatening medical emergencies that can cause cardiac arrest and sudden death. Others cause aggravating symptoms, such as an awareness of a different heart beat, or palpitation, which can be annoying.

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has anyone had ablation for IST

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Has anyone had an ablaiton for inappropriate sinus tachycardia? I had a pacemaker put in because at the time the cardizem was working a little too well and dropped my rate to the 30's. Now I am just starting cardizem 180 twice a day. When my rate was in the 30's I was only on 120 mg daily. My EP did not want to do the ablaiton because of my asthma and the risk of damaging the phrenic nerve. I don't know what else to do. I can't take toprol or any drugs in that class because of the asthma. I did take them and they made the asthma so much worse. the lowest I go is high 80's when I lay down but as soon as I stand up I am in the 120's and when I exercise I hit 160. I can't funcition like this anymore. I went through all the aggrevation of having the pacemaker put in and now I don't even use it. Anyone with any suggestions or adviec?
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this is exactly what i had done! first time ive heard anyone else dealing with IST. i had an ablation, worked so well. horrible recovery, i had a blood clot develop in the lower left segmental branch of my left lung, and am now on coumadin til at least february, but it really helped. wont lie that there werent times i had to go back to the ER because of chest pains, sob, tachyness and palps...but they turned out to be ok. just had my 3 month check up and the heart looks great! message me more if you need.
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I had an ablation in June of this year.. MY A-Fib had turned into A-Flutter.
It went along fine, not problems with the procedure... My flutter stopped, but the a-fib returned. !!!
Doctor increased my Rythmol from 225 to 325 twice daily.
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I had an ablation about 10 years ago. It was brilliant. I had rhythms clocked at 200 beats per minute (then I would collapse unconcious) before this.

Very occasionally I get a bit of tachycardia now - they think the scar tissue regressed and exposed a bit of the 'hole' where the nerve tracks, however I can put up with this as it only gets to about 180 at its worst and not for very long and not very often.
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I have IST and have been trialed on so many medication, which was a very difficult process. I still have episodes of tachycardia (up to 200bpm) despite being on 3 different meds. My EP refused to do an ablation or pacemaker because "of my age"... I'm only 24. Makes me mad because it seems like he'd rather wait til I'm 80 and only have a few years left rather then let me have quality of life NOW. I'm 24 and don't feel normal at all. Can't do what all my friends can do... really limiting my quality of life and it seems nobody cares!!
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I have had four ablations and am recovering from the the last one over a week ago now ..had major heart punding but not mre than flutters this time so far..i am waiting..this really takes a toll on you emotionally as well..always expecting another one to happen in the worst of places..ugh..
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