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[rfsvt]

I'm new to the forums and I have a question about an old injury. I fell approximately 12' off of a truck and onto a metal ladder which was at a 45 degree angle. I broke t11 and t12 which were later fused/bolted together. My spinal cord is 1/2 the width in that area. This happened about 18 years ago.

Recently, I was diagnosed with SVT arrhythmia, possible cardiac sudden death (6 second pauses in the heart), and low blood pressure (bradycardia). The svt ablation failed and a permanent 2 wire pacemaker was implanted because of the low blood pressure. I've noticed red outs, palpatations, dizziness, etc for several years and had gotten worse. I'm wondering if autonomic dysreflexia - bradycadria can exist with a narrowed spinal canal at t11-t12??

I've been doing some research into sympathetic / parasympathetic nervous system and potential problems that can arrise from spinal cord damage. Is there a relationship between the lesser and greater splanchnic nerves not functioning with ea other and cardiac problems? I think there is some sort of link.. maybe the vagus nerve that runs from t1-l2?


Some of my information came from this link : http://74.125.95.132...I...=clnk&gl=us

Page 4 has some interesting information in regards to parasympathetic control of the cardiovascular system and upper gastrointestinal track (going through the vagus nerve). Any help with this is greatly appreciated.

Thank you

rfsvt...

ps.. sorry for the long post