-- That was what I did. They can either burn or freeze the problem area into scar tissue, but if the tachycardia is close enough to the AV node they use cold, since heat can put one on a pacemaker if they're not careful. In my case, it was right on the "borderline" where they normally turn to freezing it, but they went ahead and burned it without complications. I was 15 years old and very healthy otherwise, and everything went really well, but I was *sick* afterwards. They gave me some kind of anti-nausea stuff in an IV (we had to ask for it), and I didn't sleep the night after surgery. I'm very sorry for what you guys are going through, especially since I know firsthand how freaky it is. The procedure is fairly safe and everything, but the first 10 or 12 hours afterwards feel like @#&%!. At least it's a regular thing that most cardiologists are quite prepared to handle. Hopefully the atenolol will do the trick for him.
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Date: Jun. 27th, 2011 11:44 pm (UTC)From:At least it's a regular thing that most cardiologists are quite prepared to handle. Hopefully the atenolol will do the trick for him.
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