SVT at 240bpm.. Worried it will kill me if it happens again

Heart health and blood vessels
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Hi,

I am 20 years old and two years ago had my first episode of SVT however the paramedics could never capture it on an ECG as it had always gone back to normal when they arrived. 

The otherday I had another episode (the first in two years!) where my heart started racing for about 5 minutes. I have been fitted with a loop recorder that records my heart rhythm in order to capture one of these episodes. Finally the device has capture one and the doctor said it was between 220bpm and 240bpm.

I now feel quite crippled with anxiety as I am petrified this will happen again and kill me due to the speed at which my heart is going. How long can your heart beat and that speed. 

Also I have had atrial fib when having a electrophysiology study which the cardiologist suggested was probably induced artificially. I know when combined SVT and AF can be life threatening so this makes me even more worried.

Thanks in advance! 

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 I can relate!  So They did a study without ablation? I havent been offered that--just the ablation.I am almost 40 yrs your senior and have probably had quite a few of these.I just had a month of heart monitor and had a 241 bpm episode and have been told its mostly a nuisance---I feel otherwise.also-the report said afib-flutter but was not even talked to about that---

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have you thought about getting 1 of those watches that record the pulse?