Re: Abnormal EKG-Double beat
- From: "James E." <wer25@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 10 Sep 2005 05:51:16 GMT
You may be referring to PVC's (Premature Ventricular Contractions). They
consist of a missed beat followed by stronger-than normal beat. They are
mostly harmless. Feels like a rumble in your chest. Do a Google. Look at
your EKG. It will often have a name for the nature of your abnormal EKG.
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/001100.htm
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James
"Deanna Z via MedKB.com" <forum@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:541F8B05FCDDF@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> Hi
> I am a healthy 24 year old female at normal weight. About two month ago,
> I
> had a physical and the doctor heard abnormal noises in my pulse. She had
> me
> do an EKG and it showed regular rogue pulses. She had me go to a
> cardiologist and I finally went yesterday. The cardiologist had me do
> another EKG and it showed the same result. She said that there is a focus
> spot in my heart that is generating rogue pulses along with every regular
> pulse. She also did an echogram and she said that the rogue pulse has
> started to damage my cardio muscles. She suggested doing a heart monitor
> and
> a cardiac MRI. She also said that to get rid of it I will have to go
> through
> a catherter ablation. I am a little nervous what that will involve. I am
> also looking for more infomation about the double beat (specifically what
> is
> the medical term that causes this double beating) and what are the effects
> as
> well as what conditions it will lead to if left untreated. I looked at
> websites about this but most conditions had rapid pulse firings as a
> symptom,
> which I do not have.
>
> Thank you.
>
> Deanna
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