7 months Post Ablation - rapid HR? July 01, 2021 02:37PM |
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Poppino
Wow very similar in some aspects to me. I had left flutter ablated 3/29. Had 5 good weeks then lots of erratic activity. 8 days of flutter
Then a HR that would not reach 60 no matter what i did. That lasted a few days. Then late may a 181 episode lasted 2.5 hrs. Now in june i get resting HR of 68 that goes to 95-105 in a second. Those last 30 secs to 15 mins. My EP has not corresponded. NP said to monitor. Lol
Are you on eliquis? No anti arrhythmic? Even a beta blkr?
Im going to Austin next week
Someone with better advice will chime in
Tom
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Ingrid
Not sure if this is tachycardia, atrial flutter - (my EP said she saw atrial flutter during the ablation and ablated it); hopefully its not something like VT or SVT?
Re: 7 months Post Ablation - rapid HR? July 02, 2021 05:15PM |
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Carey
Not sure if this is tachycardia, atrial flutter - (my EP said she saw atrial flutter during the ablation and ablated it); hopefully its not something like VT or SVT?
Hi Ingrid,
It's definitely tachycardia because all the means is a heart rate over 100. That's just a descriptive word, not a diagnosis, so don't worry about that.
It's definitely not VT or your doctor and his staff would have paid great attention and done something about it.
It's almost certainly flutter from your history and your description. A regular rhythm with a rate near 150 in someone with your history is almost guaranteed to be flutter. But with only two short, self-terminating episodes in a three-week period, I would recommend doing absolutely nothing for now. Just go about your life and see what happens. These could be one-off episodes that will never happen again, or they could happen just now and then, or they could become more frequent. But until you know which way it's going to go I wouldn't try to do anything about it. I don't think you're in any danger from these episodes so waiting and seeing what happens isn't a risk for you.
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Re: 7 months Post Ablation - rapid HR? July 03, 2021 12:32AM |
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Carey
It depends on the nature of the flutter. If it's right-sided typical flutter, that's very easy to ablate. But if it's left-sided atypical flutter, that can be quite difficult, but either way, afib is always the most difficult arrhythmia to ablate. Your EP will probably be able to determine which it is if they capture it on a monitor, or even with an ECG in their office.