Please take a moment to read a very encouraging new case study - Living with SVT - Nicky's Story - which shows how positive an experience treatment through the...
Hi There, Just joined a couple of days ago but now seems an appropriate time to post my first message as I am currently having an "episode" as I type. I have...
Derek - I had similar but somewhat less severe problems a year ago and after various cardiologists mulled over medication changes, the expert and head honcho...
I have atrial fibrillation and am going into hospital fro catheter ablation on 11th september 2008 i am extremely concerned about this and would love to hear...
Dear Gillian, Try not to worry, it's nowhere near as bad as you might imagine! I have had two ablations for paroxysmal AF, one in February 2007 and another in...
WEll Hello, I'm not sure who wrote and wanted to know about the atrial fibrillation but I will write and tell you that i have had it since my heart attack in...
Dear Gillian, I had paroxismal atrial fibrillation and had a catheter ablation for this last November at Barts. I slept nearly all the way through the four...
Hi Gillian, I hope that your procedure went well today. I had a catheter ablation for SVT last year. I had some sedation but was awake throughout the...
Dear Amelia Thank you for your information . I had my ablation at Glenfield Hospital in Leicester last Thursday it was very long and lasted 8 hoursand at...
HI Thanks for reply to my question . My name is Gill and i have just eturned from Glenfield Hospital today following Catherter Ablation last Thursday. It was...
Dear Christine Thank you for you e mail. I have just returned home today following Ablation last Thursday . There were complications and it took 8 hours and...
HI Thanks for reply . I had my Catheter Ablation on Thursday last week but unfortunately it was not as quick as yours. It lasted 8 hours and was very painful...
My name is Paul. I am 72 years old, and was diagnosed with atrium fibrillation in 2007. The doctors put me on warfarin  to thin the blood and help reduce the...
HI are you on any medication to control your atrial fibrillation like amiodarone. i have just had catheter ablation which has appeared to have cured my...
Oh wow Gill, I don't know if my brain injury is making me forget this o rI just never knew this, but I ddint know you also had a CVA or a real stroke? LIke ...
Hi everyone , just found this forum via a google search on this subject,while trying to come to terms with what happened to me a few days ago. Briefly(ish!) -...
Kev: I had similar symptoms more than a year ago and after a lot of humming and arring at the local hospital, I was transferred to the Northern General in...
HI Kev, so sorry that happened to you..its an awful feeling. I dont know about yours because you may be different from me and i wouldnt want to tell you to...
Hello Kev: What you report reminds me of my atrial fibrillation, but I am not an expert. The problem with arrhythmias is that you think that you have reached...
I noticed the following disturbing story on the Daily Telegraph website a few minutes ago: Personal headphones could cause pacemakers to malfunction, study...
Thank you for posting this article. If anyone has any concerns regarding pacemakers and ICD's, then please don't hesitate to contact the Arrhythmia-Alliance....
Hello Kev, I had a heart attack on 02/08/08 and have noticed the 'fluttering'Â you describe since then. I had a 24 hour ECG monitor fitted a few weeks ago and...
Hi I have just joined the group and I had my pacemaker fitted on 2nd December 2008. The surrery was quite quick and not unpleasant, before i had been having...
Hi, I have just joined this group, hopefully for a bit of moral support and advice. Im 41 years old and have had tachycardia/palpitations since I was about 15....
Hi Louise I am a 47 mother of two and I had a heart ablation in November in the Royal Bournemouth Hospital. I have had palpitations for about 7 years and had...
Hi everyone I've read on the forum with interest people's experiences of CA. However we have a slightly different question to ask as I'm asking not for myself...
Hi Sandra, thank you for getting back to me. It's good to hear about your ablation. I'm glad you are OK now. I will go for the ablation even though I'm a...
Hello All, I have just joined this group hoping to find a bit of help and advice on my condition. Last May I was admitted to hospital with a heart rate of...
Hi Chris, You must be quite local to myself.I had an appointment at the arrhythmia clinic at the John Radcliffe Oxford last July after being admitted with...
Hi Jackie, I know you are worried and u have every right to feel that way, it is scary having weird heartbeats and then having some people worry and others...