How long does it take the heart to heal after a catheter ablation for svt?

Depends: This is usually not an issue of healing but of getting the right destruction of the right area of the heart. Healing will most likely be completed in a matter of a week but it is not a healing issue. Discuss with your cardiologist/electophysiologist and have a complete understanding prior to the procedure unless done emergently. Monitoring may be in order for a while after the procedure.

Not long.: There really is no recovery time at all. The small scars placed in the heart may have some edema for a few days, but are probably at their chronic scar states within a few days. There may be some heart irritation for a few weeks, but this is usually mild. Most of the recovery period is to allow for the vein puncture sites to heal.

Catheter ablation : Not much we recommend patients going back to normal activity in few days but there are some rare cases where activity recommendation is different, best is to ask your electrophysiologist