Is supra ventricular tachycardia (SVT), a congenital disease ?
Rambis asked:
My friend, 28, while on ski vacation was diagonsed w/ SVT and the cardiologist he/she saw recommended a cardiac ablation to cure his/her disease. His/her travel insurance does not cover pre-existing conditions. Is SVT considered a congenital disease or can he/she medically prove that this incident happened during a travel and never existed before he/she commenced his/her vacation.
Leslie
My friend, 28, while on ski vacation was diagonsed w/ SVT and the cardiologist he/she saw recommended a cardiac ablation to cure his/her disease. His/her travel insurance does not cover pre-existing conditions. Is SVT considered a congenital disease or can he/she medically prove that this incident happened during a travel and never existed before he/she commenced his/her vacation.
Leslie
Tags: Cardiac Ablation, Congenital Disease, Pre Existing Conditions
July 15th, 2009 at 2:01 pm
Jacob
No to all of your questions. It is not congenital and it is not something that happend during his travels.
July 19th, 2009 at 1:30 am
Carol
No, SVT can be caused by a variety of things. I think it would be difficult to prove the condition was caused by travel.
July 20th, 2009 at 6:34 pm
Howard
No, it is not congenital. What I am wondering is if this was a reaction from not being used to the altitude? Also, a one time episode of SVT does not warrant an ablation. Get a second opinion.
July 24th, 2009 at 1:31 am
Jacob
Could it be that your friend was scared to travel. Sometimes doctors don’t really cover the fact in someone body. We trust them for answers,sometimes the answers be wrong. So just be careful. It probably was aniexty causing the heart to beat different.
July 26th, 2009 at 3:31 pm
Grace
One episode of SVT does not warrent having an ablation! He/she needs to get a second opion before doing anything, It might never come up again, or it could happen every day! Beta blockers tend to help control SVT sufficiently. An ablaion should only be considered after an extended period of time and somebody being very symptomatic!