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High Pulse Rate, SVT, Palpitations, Anxiety. Surgery The Only Option?

I am 30 years old, 4 years ago I was told that I had palpations and I changed doctors and was sent to my third cardiologist and I was told that I have SVT, I have been to the ER 5 times this year for heart rate 200- 250 and I was also told that I need to have surgery to fix the problem. My concern is that I have anxiety and I feel that because my anxiety level gets so high at just the thought of surgery that I will not be able to go through with the surgery is there any other way to fix the problem.
Fri, 2 Nov 2012
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Hello gingerlee62 , Welcome to healthcaremagic.com. I am Dr Sourav Chakraborty and will be helping you out with your query . First do not panic and analyze the situation care fully . At 30 years of age you have been diagnosed with supraventricular ventricular tachycardia and changing doctors would definitely not help you for sure . You need to undergo electro physiological study where we find the cause of arrythmia whether is it arising from heart atria or the ventricle as treatment differs as one needs ablation and the other needs pacemaker. You have not mentioned details of examination so i assume you have not undergone any such other than baseline ECG when you visited the ER with your symptoms. Regarding your fear about surgery , dear they will do it under anesthesia and you wont feel a thing. Also Electrophysiological study do not need general anesthesia and is done under local anesthesia and it is painless too. I firmly believe you need to go for EP study of your heart and decide a definite treatment for yourself and don't keep running from your symptoms. Please visit your cardiologist at once and discuss with him about further details . Hope i have been able to help you . Take care

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High Pulse Rate, SVT, Palpitations, Anxiety. Surgery The Only Option?

Hello gingerlee62 , Welcome to healthcaremagic.com. I am Dr Sourav Chakraborty and will be helping you out with your query . First do not panic and analyze the situation care fully . At 30 years of age you have been diagnosed with supraventricular ventricular tachycardia and changing doctors would definitely not help you for sure . You need to undergo electro physiological study where we find the cause of arrythmia whether is it arising from heart atria or the ventricle as treatment differs as one needs ablation and the other needs pacemaker. You have not mentioned details of examination so i assume you have not undergone any such other than baseline ECG when you visited the ER with your symptoms. Regarding your fear about surgery , dear they will do it under anesthesia and you wont feel a thing. Also Electrophysiological study do not need general anesthesia and is done under local anesthesia and it is painless too. I firmly believe you need to go for EP study of your heart and decide a definite treatment for yourself and don t keep running from your symptoms. Please visit your cardiologist at once and discuss with him about further details . Hope i have been able to help you . Take care