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The decision whether or not to have an ablation is a very personal one.
Unless there are *significant* symptoms such as passing out or nearly
passing, or incessant tachycardia with decreased heart function, it is
generally an elective procedure.

Most patients who opt for the ablation are usually pretty tired to
taking meds all of the time or feeling like they have a heart problem or
sick of going to the ER or just hate the way that SVT makes them feel
and the unpredictableness of it.

I don't push my patients to have an ablation, but (as long as they are
at least 4 or 5 years old) feel it is a reasonable thing to do if you're
having recurrent symptoms. Very high success rate (>97%) and very low
complication rate in the right hands.

But then again, I may be biased. =)

- TC, md
 Pediatric cardiology, pacing & electrophysiology

Hi..I'm a 24 year old female and have had episodes of PSVT since I was
about 10.  All of the episodes occured while vigerously exercising
except for the last one which happened at work for no reason.

The episodes are much less frequent now that I don't use my inhalor as
often.  I also suffer from anxiety disorder.  I know there's something
wrong with my heart and feel that it could be causing the anxiety.

The episodes are EXTREMELY scary.  I hate not knowing when they're
going to stop and I hate guessing when it's time to call an ambulance.

Should I get ablation?

I am scheduling an appointment with a specialist to go over my symptoms
and options.

Does anyone have any success stories or failures??

Thanks SO SO SO much.