heart with scar tissue
Posted: Sun Mar 20, 2005 2:40 am
This is from a caller that maybe will be a patient of mine:
When she was 9, she had heart surgery because of (probably) a little 'hole
in her heart' (somewhere) and 'narrowing' (or some such) of her lung
arteries.
When she was 18, she started having an accelarated pulse (about 130/min),
paroxysmal. This was said to be caused by scar tissue as a result of her
heart surgery 9 years back.
This scar tissue was burned away twice, with temporary relief. Now she is
42, '130/min' is coming back every 1, 2 or 3 weeks, and she needs
cardioversion to get this speeding heart back to normal again.
During these tachycardia's she is very weak, feeling like having flushes,
and since burning away scar tissue again is said not to be an option,
corderone is said to be her only alternative. She wants to know if anything
else could be done.
Simple approach: grade (her) scar tissue remedies (very) high.
Less simple: why would scar tissue be the issue if it seems to be causing no
problems during those 1 or 2 weeks in between??
Standard: just take the case
Any wise words on this would be most welcome.
Hennie
When she was 9, she had heart surgery because of (probably) a little 'hole
in her heart' (somewhere) and 'narrowing' (or some such) of her lung
arteries.
When she was 18, she started having an accelarated pulse (about 130/min),
paroxysmal. This was said to be caused by scar tissue as a result of her
heart surgery 9 years back.
This scar tissue was burned away twice, with temporary relief. Now she is
42, '130/min' is coming back every 1, 2 or 3 weeks, and she needs
cardioversion to get this speeding heart back to normal again.
During these tachycardia's she is very weak, feeling like having flushes,
and since burning away scar tissue again is said not to be an option,
corderone is said to be her only alternative. She wants to know if anything
else could be done.
Simple approach: grade (her) scar tissue remedies (very) high.
Less simple: why would scar tissue be the issue if it seems to be causing no
problems during those 1 or 2 weeks in between??
Standard: just take the case
Any wise words on this would be most welcome.
Hennie