Hi Matt, apologies for replying earlier but I was on holiday. The
ablation I had was done during heart surgery and has been referred to
as a "mini maze" procedure. It was not a great success. Afterwards I
had AF and atrial flutter too. I had to have a pacemaker and then was
given a new one last December. There are a few things wrong with my
heart. I don't know if the surgeon I had is still doing the ablation
I had. They did do a survey of all the people who were treated but I
couldn't find the results anywhere on line. I take Verapamil which I
am not happy about as I have read it can make heart failure worse but
I don't think they want me to have any other drug.






--- In heartrhythm-AA@yahoogroups.com, aUser wrote:
>
> hi - my name is Matt and am new to the group. I have suffered from
> tachycardia for 15 years since college. Initially the trigger was
> strenous exercise which I subsequently avoided and had no major
> problems up until a year ago when I started getting episodes at
rest
> (probably stress induced). Last year I had 3 ablations. After the
> initial unsucessful one, I intermittently went onto flecainide. I
> lasted 5 weeks after the second ablation before I had another
episode
> that didn't stop and ended up at A&E. Before the third operation
and
> coming off the flecainide I was back in A&E twice. Since the third
> operation I have been on flecainide and have not had the nerve to
> come off!
>
> A relatively low dose of flecainide (supplemented by antenolol when
> needed) is keeping things under control with no obvious side
effects.
> I still have occasional flutters and other bumps and thumps....
>
> I'm interested to hear from other SVT sufferers particularly those
> who have been through ablations both sucessful and unsucessful!
(all
> of my ablations were termed "sucessful" post operation).
>