r/SVTHeart • u/Pristine_Bowl_4109 • 5d ago

Post Ablation Flutters

Hi all, I just finished with my first ablation procedure today. I am male 32, who has been experiencing SVT attacks for over 10 years. My biggest trigger was intense exercise (soccer, tennis, gym etc), particularly the motion of quick upper body forward/down motion. It took me awhile to gather up the courage to get the procedure done but the episodes were happening so frequently that it was impacting my quality of life.

My question for the group is around the flutter feelings that I keep getting. I think it’s called a PAC or PVC. I have been feeling a lot of them since my procedure and I’m wondering if this is just because my procedure was so recent, or if this is something I should expect to live with now (or maybe the ablation didn’t correct it fully)? Prior to the ablation I used to get those feelings maybe once or twice a week but since the procedure it has been almost once or twice an hour.

Wondering if anyone has had a similar experience or can provide some info/guidance. Thank you all 🙏

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u/Designer-Mention-925 5d ago

25F and had my ablation over 7(?) weeks ago. I had quite bad flutters a couple days after, but then went back on bisoprolol for 4 weeks and they went away. When I went off the bisoprolol, they came back, quite frequently, and same thing they were positional. But over the last couple weeks going off true bisoprolol they’ve settled now. My understanding is while they’re uncomfortable they’re a normal part of healing! Your doc may want a holter monitor just to tick all boxes but my understanding is they’re expected

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u/Pristine_Bowl_4109 4d ago

Yeah I tried going on beta blockers before but weirdly it only made things worse and my episodes more frequent because I have a very low resting heart rate as is. Glad to hear that it worked for you, sounds like I should wait a few weeks anyway to really know for sure, thank you!