Dear Adele, thank you for your question. Your daughter may be a candidate for a procedure called radiofrequency ablation during which catheters are used to apply radio energy to an extra electrical conduction pathway in the heart to eliminate the tachycardia. I don't believe her situation is life-threatening but only her cardiologist can accurately determine that. Dr. Richard Sterba is a pediatric cardiologist here at Cleveland Clinic who specializes in treating tachycardias in children. I hope you find this information useful.
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