Last Thursday I had high heart rate in the 140-150 range starting at 4:30am. With this I had some neck and shoulder discomfort but no chest pain. After about an hour and seeing the BPM go to 152 i decided to call 911 and go to the hospital. This is the 4th time since Aug 15, 2012 that this has sent me to the hospital. on the August date I had high BPM as described earlier on that date. The explanation of the other times this week are in the dates herein.

This trip the Er Dr admitted me probably because of the 3 prior trips for the same reason. the med changes prior to the admittance did not accomplish the task to control the high BPM. He had me on a drip of 5% dextrose and a drip of Ameridioum.I had a CTscan of the lungs to check if there was any blood clot which returned negative results on Friday. Ii was then scheduled for an at rest stress test that afternoon and a Saturday Chemical stress test. While starting the test my high BPM became active and were well recoded on the EKG strip that was running. I expressed my desire to continue and the lab techs saw no reason to stop the test so on the test went.

The results here there is the 1985 heart damage  is there but the good new is there seems to be some new collateral blood flow in that area. The Cardiologist stated that the heart function was at 58% but he had his doubts. My meds were changed seemingly daily with the final results noted below as an agreement between the Cardiologist, admitting Internal Medicine doctor and lung doctor Dr Bafuyi. Dr. Bafuyi had done the standard breathing test to answer the Medicare questionnaire to show why continued oxygen was warranted. From that test he added the Rx for the Nebulizer with the Xopenex solution, actually the generic Levalbuterol and Prednisone. His test showed that my lung function was now at 26%. He has in my chart the graphs for 2012 and 2011 that shows the downward trend of my lung deterioration.

I had good Saturday and that night. I got some sleep and was on Coreg (Carvedilol), 2 ea 6.25mg twice a day and had my first tab of the Ameridioum. This was the only tab I was given which was in the morning. The meds changed Saturday afternoon after a conference with the cardo and lung Doctors. The new drug in place of the Ameridioum was the Betapace, actually the generic Sotalol.

I came home about noon with the discharge papers and all the Rx as shown but not correct. I have been diagnosed with "Superaventricular Tachycardia (STV), brief. This was the second time that this was done. The little old lady cardiologist Dr Schapayak when she reviewed the implant printouts. I listened to her but with further problems I really wanted a second opinion and got it. She had been right all along but left the final decision to Dr King-Rankin on Monday, Sept 24, 2012 appointment.

Dr King Rankin is the stated expert in all this and can still change my meds on Monday. If so I will post that on Monday after the appointment. For me I got what i wanted and that was some resolution as to what was going on. My STV is not life threatening unless there is some added chest and neck pain.