Ablation no 3 but this time SVT

[Elsieclarke]

Hi

Find this site very very useful and check out any info every day. My last post was about occurrences of SVT after having two ablations for afib. I now have, I think, SVT, particularly SVT following swallowing. It may be that i’ve Always has this but the afib has been the more frequent one prior to ablation ? Went to my EP appointment today and I decided to go for ablation no 3. They said it was likely I had atrial tachycardia or SVT. So as they have concentrated on afib in the past think it worth another try for this to now sort the SVT or atrial tachycardia. They weren’t sure which of these two it was from my Apple Watch ECGs. Does anyone know if there are other things that would help me understand which of the two I am most likely to have ?

Thanks Elsie 😚

[Padayn01]

Can I just ask what did they look for when you had your previous 2 ablations? Cause when I had mine ablation we thought it was SVT I had when they started up the Heart looking for SVT they couldn’t find any so after 3 hours I got treated for AFIB

[Elsieclarke in reply to Padayn01]

Hi

Yes they did and didn’t find it when I had my 1st but he said they looked in a certain area. I am assuming it’s a different area they are going to look this time.

Elsie xx

[perkman]

I had 3 ablations. After the 2nd one I started having atrial tachycardia after 8 weeks which was diagnosed as aflutter. Had to be cardioverted and was told needed a third to correct.

I fired the EP since I had a cardiac tamponade and almost died at the end of the 2nd ablation.

Got a new top rated EP in Phoenix who found left aflutter during the 3rd ablation and right flutter as well as open points in pulmonary vein ablation.

I am now 7 weeks out from 3rd ablation. No afib or ectopics.

[BobD Volunteer]

The two arrhythmias are not the same and atrial tachycardia is easliy seen on a 12 lead ECG which is the only way you will know which it is. Why not speak to your GP next time you have an event and get a proper ECG done. I recently had a fourth ablation, this time for paroxysmal A Tach where he found and ablated four active sites. Ablations for AT and SVT are more difficult than for AF my EP told me once but the basic procedure and recovery regimes are the same.

[Elsieclarke in reply to BobD]

Hi

My GP doesn’t have ECG facilities and I am always able to stop it after within 2 hours.

I only had SvT regularly after my 2nd ablation in 2018.

Is it a different area they would ablate for AT than SVT ?

Does the ablation procedure take longer ?

Elsie xx

[BobD Volunteer in reply to Elsieclarke]

Depends how good the EP is. It is the same process, just finding the right place to ablate.