Ectopics.

[Gwersey]

Has anyone had, or know of someone who has had, an ablation for ectopic beats alone?

[bantam12]

Have you been offered one ? I haven't even been offered meds let alone ablation.

I have atrial and ventricular ectopics, pauses and horrid symptoms, still told to just live with it ☹️

[Gwersey in reply to bantam12]

No I haven't been offered one as such. I would go for it if I were though. I hate them, they dominate my entire life all day every day.

[bantam12 in reply to Gwersey]

Yep me to and I really hate being told they are normal, harmless, stress related blah blah blah, don't care I just need them gone !

[BobD Volunteer]

Ectopics are not ablateable I'm afraid or so I have been told. Have you tried the slow deep breathing exercise which helps so many of us.?

[bantam12 in reply to BobD]

Birmingham Hospital has a patient leaflet on ectopic ablation, apparently it's very successful.

[Gwersey in reply to bantam12]

I wonder if I phone them would they send it to me. I saw a consultant privately at Birmingham Hospital.

[bantam12 in reply to Gwersey]

Its here

uhb.nhs.uk/Downloads/pdf/Pi...

[Gwersey in reply to bantam12]

Thank you so much.

[Gwersey in reply to Gwersey]

I have to tell that, after reading the leaflet, I have a spark of hope of getting rid of them one day. 👏

[Bmwpaul1971]

They told me at Mansfield and Lincoln hospital that they dont offer ablations for ectopics as it is too hard to find them once in surgery?

[Gwersey in reply to Bmwpaul1971]

Even if you have them permanently?

[Bmwpaul1971]

I dont know? Probably easier to spot if you have them all the time? Have they exhausted all medication options?

[Gwersey in reply to Bmwpaul1971]

It was Flecanide that started mine. Then made worse by sotalol. Now I just take bisoprolol for rate control.

[KMRobbo]

what a good leaflet!

[Suemanchew]

I had ectopics on Monday for the 1st time and even tho in Nov I was admitted with a heart rate of 240 this felt much worse. I emailed cardiologist and he sent me for ecg and something else. The technician wasn't happy with results so luckily there was another cardiologist and he told me it was ectopics in my panic i asked if that was treated with ablation he said no had never heard of it being done for ectopics. I emailed my normal cardiologist and he said not to worry as it happens with AF. I hope I never experience that again.

[bantam12 in reply to Suemanchew]

There is a lot of info online that says ablation is done and is successful for ectopics, strange (or maybe not so !) that Cardiologists are saying it isn't available.

[Gwersey in reply to bantam12]

I imagine it depends on the cardiologist and the particular hospital you are attending.

[Gwersey in reply to Suemanchew]

Yes they are horrible and I fear and hate them. I always feel, when they are continous, that there's something sinister going on.