High Heart Rate - 226 BPM ???

[Alexandra]

Please, what are WPW and SVT (and any other acronyms previously used in this thread?

[IanDarkpeak]

Please, what are WPW and SVT (and any other acronyms previously used in this thread?

Hi Alex, After my last poor showing of passing on info I've lept in with both feet and dug deep in to pre history of the Forum

http://forum.fellrunner.org.uk/showt...ighlight=heart

http://forum.fellrunner.org.uk/showt...art%20problems

Are two previous threads on similar topics

Also WPW Wolff-Parkinson-White Syndrome

And I Believe that SVT is Supraventricular Tachycardias

Hope this makes up for last time....

[Alexandra]

Hi Alex, After my last poor showing of passing on info I've lept in with both feet and dug deep in to pre history of the Forum Hope this makes up for last time....

I'm overwhelmed! My heart is beating even faster with delight!!! Looking forward to exploring these links after my heart-healthy breakfast.

[Chris K]

Healthy breakfast? I hope it was porridge! Just going through the process of recovering from man-flu and remembered an earlier post on my resting rate, I knew the cold (damn, thats blown the flu thing) was on its way as my resting pulse had hopped over the 50 mark, so decided not to train, so I realised I do sometimes still train properly. Now trying to find out where my test results have gone as they don't seem to have made it to the consultant.
Think at the next committee meeting I'll have to suggest another catagory in the championships for us 'super (hero) tachycardios'

[Alexandra]

Healthy breakfast? I hope it was porridge! Just going through the process of recovering from man-flu and remembered an earlier post on my resting rate, I knew the cold (damn, thats blown the flu thing) was on its way as my resting pulse had hopped over the 50 mark, so decided not to train, so I realised I do sometimes still train properly. Now trying to find out where my test results have gone as they don't seem to have made it to the consultant.
Think at the next committee meeting I'll have to suggest another catagory in the championships for us 'super (hero) tachycardios'

Of course it was porridge. With nectarines, kiwi, ground pumpkin seeds, ginger and organic fat free yoghurt. I feel sad every time one of you mentions his low RHR. I used to reckon if mine was over 60 I must be ill, but nowadays it's much higher - occasionally dips under 60, but mostly fluctuates around all over the 60s. Woke last night and checked, it was over 70! I feel something is going on, probably connected to my tachycardia events, but there's no point in complaining to my GP of a resting HR in the 60s.

[Rob Furness]

A resting heart rate of below 60 is deemed to be bradycardia anyway so you're probably right, the GP would just look at you strangely.

Best advice I ever got was from an indian GP when I went to see him in my teens complaining of losing weight and not being able to eat much (I was 5'10" and under 9 stone at the time). His advice? eat lots more butter. What a dick, turned out much later I had bowel disease.

[paulo]

could I just point out (and apologies if you already know this) that you guys are talking about several different conditions which share some things in common but have different causes, treatments and prognosis. WPW can cause SVT and AF but there are other causes of both SVT and AF - in the case of AF this is a very common condition and WPW is a rare cause of it. Endurance athletics is a not uncommon cause, particularly in older athletes. Most people with paroxysmal AF need very different treatment from those with WPW and the outlook eg chance of cure is also very different and depends on a whole number of variables. Advice about what has worked well for people with WPW or other SVT is unlikely to be helpful to the majority of people with PAF. Hope that helps clarify a couple of things

cheers, P

[Flopsy]

Just been reading the thread and thought I'd share my recent cardio experience...
I have suffered SVT’s pretty much all my adult life. They come on only during hard physical exercise and once they happen I have to stop/slow down to recover as I struggle to breathe properly and my legs turn to lead.
This used to happen in the 80’s when I was a young soldier, but at the time I thought I was just not as fit than normal.
Last year |I was in the running form of my life having trained for the London Marathon, but once I’d completed it, the SVT’s started to happen more regularly and this seriously hampered my ability and my confidence to push myself hard.
Even the tame hills such as those on the Harrock Hill race brought them on.
I captured an episode on the heart monitor on my Garmin, when my heart rate shot to 240bpm during a race and refused to come down until a good while after the finish. I went with the printout of that run to my Doctor who referred me to the Cardio ward at Hope Hospital.
I’ve continued to train and compete regardless, as I was told that it would probably be down to a strand of tissue in my heart causing a short circuit and that the condition was not life threatening.
I was given a small monitor to carry with me that I put in my bumbag during races and eventually on the first hill of the Half Tour this year I got it captured.
Many tests later I was given the option of having a Cardio Catheter Ablation, which is the operation conducted under local anaesthetic were a catheter enters the heart via the femoral artery, and they induce an arrhythmia so that they can find the root of the problem then it can be got rid of using a radio frequency waves.
Meanwhile I continued to train hard and in August managed to successfully complete the Bob Graham, despite having an SVT toward the end of leg 2.
I went for the Catheter Ablation operation at Wythenshawe Hospital in September where they successfully removed the strand that was causing the short circuit.
Recovery is quick from the operation, as I just had to allow the wound to heal in the groin. I was still able to compete in the Rab MM 8 days later without any problems.
Only time will tell if the operation was a complete success or not, but I wish I’d had it done years ago.
I know that not every episode of sudden palputations requires this sort of medical attention, but don't be shy getting it checked out as my experience with the hospital has been very positive.

Looks like things have improved somewhat since I had my EPS (electrophysiological studies - do they still call it that?). SVT may not be life threatening but for me it was a pain in the butt as I had episodes all the time, including in my sleep (according to the good old halter monitor). Horrible feeling when it happens. I had the first surgical attempt at catheterisation about 12 years ago but they screwed up and collapsed my lung so had to abort the op. I let them make a second attempt about a year later but they couldn't make it work then and afterwards I developed a big haematoma when they sat me up - somewhat alarmed the nurses as bleeding out from a major artery isn't a good day. Gave up after that as I figured I was jinxed. So I changed my lifestyle completely instead and here I am today!! Ironically I believe getting fit actually helped ease my condition.

Red wine, caffeine, lack of sleep and sleeping on my left had side sometimes can all be a trigger. Sometimes extreme bouts of exercise too. That's why I don't use a heart monitor. Mine has got less and less gradually but sometimes I go through more spells of it. I have a healthy heart so I try not to let it worry me. Still not pleasent though.

Good to know the procedure seems to have improved, as if it ever gets worse again I might consider another attempt at surgery.

What is odd is that my dog also has SVT!!

[IanDarkpeak]

What is odd is that my dog also has SVT!!

thats a bit ruff....


Sorry just feeling a bit down and trying to cheer myself up. Hope the dogs ok....

[Flopsy]

thats a bit ruff....


Sorry just feeling a bit down and trying to cheer myself up. Hope the dogs ok....

No worries. He's fine. The least of his medical problems Dogs don't know they're ill and just get on with it. It was rather funny seeing him with a halter monitor on for 12 hours (exactly the same as they use on humans). He had to wear a fetching red T-Shirt to stop him nibbling!!

Hope you're feeling more cheery today :thumbup: