VT diagnosis and cardiac ablation. Would you do it?

[Mariaoliver]

I’ve recently been through the full gamut of testing (ECG, Holter, CT scan, stress test). Everything came back normal except for my holter which did show a small run of VT. I had a few ectopic beats during the stress test and I feel those several times a day, which I hate, but have been told repeatedly that they are harmless. My cardiologist wants to do the electric mapping and possible cardiac ablation but I’m unsure, and when I pressed him, so is he. Because the run was so short (just 4 fast beats at a rhythm of about 224, lasting about 2 seconds) he says it’s not as sustained as most other people who have sustained VT. And he agreed that the procedure does have its risks and could even make me worse. I’m scheduled to have to procedure in a month. Should I cancel it and wait to see if it happens again or risk it? Everything I read says how serious VT is and no one likes to read ‘sudden death, especially when you are only 40 and have three young children.

[etheral]

An implantable defibrillator would protect you in the case of sustained vtach. If an ablation made things worse you would still need the defibrillator to protect you. Ask your cardiologist, hopefully an Electrophysiologist about the risks/benefits of these procedures. 4 beats of vtach won't hurt you. A longer run could be fatal.

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Hi I to have been told they picked up a run of nsvt on my monitor last year, a phonecall from a Dr asking me if any of my family have died of sudden death really scared me, then when I looked at Google I basically have myself days to live, I was quickly arranged a stress test and MRI scan and they were normal, apparently nsvt in an otherwise structurally normal heart dissent require any treatment.....it still doesn't help my mindset though, I've been having lots and lots of ectopics lately another monitor fitted where they said I was having rare pvc's and PACs a burden of 0.1% which is low, and another run of nsvt, however upon speaking to my arrhythmia nurse, she said there's nothing to worry about.........easier said than done in my case I'm afraid

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Oh and non sustained ventricular tachycardia is what it says self terminating in under 30 seconds, far more treatable and less dangerous than sustained ventricular tachycardia which is three ectopic beats or more higher than a rate of 100 for longer than 30 seconds, I'm not Dr but yours sounds like nsvt not vt