3 weeks post ablation tachycardia

[Moremy]

I wonder if anybody has had experience of tachycardia post ablation. My resting pulse is 122. I’m feeling very fatigued and light headed. I’ve contacted the arrhythmia nurses and sent an ECG taken at the doctors and they conclude I need an urgent cardio version, cardiologist thinks I’m in “block”. Stupidly I didn’t ask what block was. Anybody had this please? I’m to stay on the amiodarone and apixoban as he doesn’t want to change my meds.

[jedimasterlincoln]

Heart block is a condition where the heart beats more slowly or with an abnormal rhythm. It's caused by a problem with the electrical pulses that control how your heart beats.

Symptoms depend on how severe your heart block is. The least serious is 1st-degree heart block, which may not cause any symptoms.

2nd-degree heart block sometimes causes troublesome symptoms that need treatment.

3rd-degree heart block is the most serious and can sometimes be a medical emergency.

Source and more info: nhs.uk/conditions/heart-block/

[Swamps]

Re my picture

That was 7 years ago I was convinced they had broken me, I was experiencing variations between 30BPM and 150BPM post ablation but within 4 months that same ablation had fixed me, it’s not the ablation that fixes you it’s the scar tissue which takes around 3 months to form properly

I haven’t looked back, am on no meds, and have completed the 3 peaks challenge ( 3 highest mountains in the U.K. in 24 hours)

And been running and cycling long distances since and am also now a recreational scuba diver

Make sure you take it easy baby steps for the first few weeks at least then slowly but surely upping the workload

It’s not a small operation it’s your heart, look after it and hopefully you’ll feel great with time

Anything before 3 months is a bonus so be patient I’m sure it’ll be OK 🤞

[Moremy in reply to Swamps]

Yes I suppose in the scheme of things only 3 weeks isn’t long. Thank you for the reassurance and hopefully the cardio version will put me into sinus which so far since my diagnosis August 2021 I haven’t been in for more that 2 days.

[Moremy in reply to Swamps]

wow well done that’s encouraging. In my dreams I are able to come off the heart meds and anti coagulatants and go back onto the anti inflammatories for my arthritis and feel human again

[Sal55 in reply to Swamps]

im sorry i didnt quite understand, did you say that within the 4 months post ablation you were having the arrythmias 30-150 bpm? I am asking because i am 10 weeks post and i am having arrythmias and ectopics.

[CDreamer]

Great explanation from Jedi, hopefully a cardioversion will sort it. It is quite common to have tachycardia after ablation but not the heart block. Think of it literally - there is a block of the electrical pulses from one part of the heart to another.

[Moremy in reply to CDreamer]

That totally makes sense, thank you

[BobD Volunteer]

Atrial tachycardia post ablation is very common as we explain in our fact sheet on recovery. You will be fine.

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[Moremy in reply to BobD]

Thank you Bob

[SeanJax]

what kind of doctor is that to keep a patient at home with such high resting heart rate. If it lasts for a short period it is ok to stay home but if it lasts for hours, Please go to the hospital for treatment. Such high resting heart rate will crash you soon if it lasts for hours and hours . I read NHS hospital is horrible in another thread but please go to A & E if it did not stop between episodes.

[dedeottie]

before my last ablation I was in continuous tachycardia/flutter at 130/150 bpm for at least 3 months. It was horrible but apparently my heart hasn’t suffered . Since my last ablation I had 30 ish hours of fast heart rate about 6 weeks in . It self converted and nothing since so keeping everything crossed.

If a CV puts you back in NSR there is a very good chance that’s how you will stay. Good luck.

[Moremy in reply to dedeottie]

Thank you fingers crossed for this time. I’m glad you self converted. Carry on the good work

[Az49]

3 days after ablation I had a resting heart rate of 120-130 for 3weeks.

A cardio version was hastily booked, but consultant changed meds from

Bisoprolol and flecainide,

To Sotalol which converted it down to 65bpm overnight.

Which I am on now 10 months later albeit a lower dose.

[Moremy in reply to Az49]

Hi, that sounds encouraging, the arrhythmia nurse said the consultant didn’t want to change my meds yet but worth a chat with him when I see him. Thank you

[DawnTX]

unfortunately I had been in tachycardia since the VOM I had the end of April. It took until August for them to decide I needed a cardioversion. Then everything fell apart and I needed a new doctor. So yes my VOM failed and I was in tachycardia since the end of April. I was averaging around 158 and if you have tachycardia you know what that feels like no matter what the numbers are. I had extenuating circumstances with my former doctor. Do what they say immediately please. I woke up with such joy last Friday before I even saw that it was a success. I’m still feeling that happiness and as of today my numbers are the lowest down to 79 for a heart rate from 158 Friday morning Please take care of yourself run don’t walk to the hospital.

[Moremy in reply to DawnTX]

hi, thank you for your experience and gives me hope I will feel better at sometime. I haven’t heard of VOM is it something to do with the vagal manoeuvre?