avnrt ablation

[shazzafloyd]

hi i had a heart ablation yesterday for svt it said ablation AVNRT could anyone explain please

[meadfoot]

It stands for atrioventricular nodel reentry tachycardia. It's an extra pathway which the EP ablates as in your case. My EP tells me it's one of the easiest arrhythmias to ablate. Hope it proves so for you. Best wishes.

[shazzafloyd in reply to meadfoot]

thankyou

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Yes, I'd echo all that meadfoot has said and add that I understand it's not only easy to treat but there's a high success rate.

[mear1957]

I also has this procedure 18 months ago, unfortunately one of the pathways was too close to the AV.node, during the procedure they sent for the professor who came into cath lab and had a "go", but took the decision I would need to return to have a pace,maker fitted, then ablate again a few weeks later. There was some improvements from what they did manage to ablate. So I am on a watch and wait to see what happens in the future.

[shazzafloyd]

thankyou for replying aparentyly i had a spare electrical pathway is the av node the bit that goes down the middle of the heart im a bit confused about all there words all i no is i have suffered with svt for years becoming worse to once a month i didnt speak to the doctor after as general anasetic i was told it was sucsessful ablation and there wasnt much on my discharge note only AVNRT

[avma in reply to shazzafloyd]

Were you under GA? And could they induce the arrhythmia? Wow! From what I’ve been told to ablate AVNRT under GA they cannot induce the arrhythmia because you’re to deep under. but if it worked, 👍!

How are you now? Still episode free?

[shazzafloyd]

hi i was under genetal anasetic 4 hrs and yes they did set of svt with electrical pulses i havent had an episode since the ablation last september i stil get heart pulpitations occationally but its given me my life back i used to be in resus ever 3 weeks before x