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My attacks occur about once per week, but are getting more severe and I am concerned for the future. I don't want medication, but ablation looks difficult to achieve, as it looks like you need to be in SVT in order for the consultants to identify which areas of the heart to zap! is this the case does anyone know?
How do they identify the region of the heart causing the trouble?
Graham
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pinkcatfairy GrahamB
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My son went for the ablation and they couldn't get his svt to start so they couldn't do anything at the time, it was such a disappointment! He has tried medication but said it didnt really work and he felt knocked out with it. He is 21 and the episodes are quite far apart but the last one showed a slower heart rate abd ventricular standstill of three seconds. He has a loop recorder fitted, they are just seeing how the next few months go and pacing was mentioned,. We really just hoped that the ablation would have sorted it