Did you know that there are studies that link Basilar Invagination and Chiari to SVT?
What is SVT you say?
What is supraventricular tachycardia?
Supraventricular tachycardia (SVT) means that from time to time your
heart beats very fast for a reason other than exercise, high fever, or stress.
During an episode of SVT, the heart’s electrical system
doesn't work right, causing the heart to beat very fast. The heart beats at
least 100 beats per minute and may reach 300 beats per minute. After treatment
or on its own, the heart usually returns to a normal rate of 60 to 100 beats a
minute.
SVT may start and end quickly, and you may not have
symptoms. SVT becomes a problem when it happens often, lasts a long time, or
causes symptoms.
It seems I have this too....and have had it since birth just like Basilar Invagination and Chiari. At this point in the game I am afraid what other crazy birth defects are going to rear their ugly heads before this is all over.
Dr Williams (whom I adore) set me up with an event monitor to catch the "episodes" that have been getting more frequent over the past year. Two weeks later we had results and he sent me straight to the cardiologist...I did not pass go...I did not collect $200...
They clocked my heart at 249 beats per minute and multiple skipped beats.... Guess what I did as soon as they told me I had SVT?
If you said ....go to Google you would be correct :)
It said SVT is not normally dangerous and is almost always treatable with an outpatient procedure called ablation. Basically they thread catheters into your leg and neck arteries and cauterize the parts of your heart creating a short circuit.
So I am going for it! All these medical conditions and finally I come across one that is relatively easy to correct...I am actually excited to have it fixed. April 9th is my echo cardiogram to get a good picture of my heart so Dr. Patel can go in and fix me... I don't have the date for the actual procedure.
The doctor said this procedure could very well correct some symptoms that I thought were related to Chiari....the possibility that some of these annoying symptoms could go away make me positively giddy with joy!
