MisPandora -> RE: P A T Heart and submission? (7/25/2005 2:00:22 AM)
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ORIGINAL: proudsub I don't know much about it, but you may also want to be careful with electrical play. I'd strongly recommend veering away from any chest impact play, as well as any choking (pressure on the carotid sinuses at the inappropriate time), along with the previously mentioned breath and electroplay. Ultimately, PAT can lead to atrial fibrillation or a reentrant tachydysrhythmia -- that can buy you a pacer/defibrillator, or it can buy you sudden cardiac death. Neither one is fun, but it's best if you do it on YOUR clock and not your heart's. You'd be wise to seek out an electrophysiologist -- http://www.hrsonline.org/naspe/ is the Heart Rhythm Society (formerly the North American Society of Pacing and Electrophysiology.) You'll find links to some of the top specialists in the world. Medication is out there (cordarone, for one) as well as the RFA/RCA previously mentioned to you. It's great that you know how to control it, but just like a bee sting, you don't control when the next one is going to be a full blown attack! Please get checked!
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