PVC’s. Lots of PVC’s...

[masraum]

Originally Posted by MBAtarga

He was very clear when he was talking about the upcoming med evaluation. His heart beats 30 times per minute. During a stress test it took 14 minutes for his heart to reach the beating rate (120?) that normally a person hits in about 6 minutes.

Wow!

[Bigtoe32067]

And on my death bed I will receive total consciousness. So I got that going for me.
Gunga- gunga le gunga

[Chocaholic]

Reviving this thread with a question. Anyone experiencing frequent PVC’s also taking statins?

Been wrestling with frequent and uncomfortable arrhythmia on and off for about 4 years. More on than off. Been thoroughly checked out and all is normal. Just relentless PVC’s. Lots of exercise, etc...no difference. Then it dawned on me...I started on Rosuvistatin (Crestor) around that same time. I’m going to stop the statin for a few weeks to see if any difference. Just curious if any of you guys experiencing PVC’s (or PAC’s) are also on a statin.

[masraum]

Originally Posted by Chocaholic

Reviving this thread with a question. Anyone experiencing frequent PVC’s also taking statins?

Nope. I had Chol in the mid 200s several years ago, the Dr tried to put me on them. I read and heard about too many issues to be comfortable with that. I changed my diet (cut out excess sugar only, couldn't care less about fat intake) and now I'm pretty much always <200.

Been wrestling with frequent and uncomfortable arrhythmia on and off for about 4 years. More on than off. Been thoroughly checked out and all is normal. Just relentless PVC’s. Lots of exercise, etc...no difference. Then it dawned on me...I started on Rosuvistatin (Crestor) around that same time. I’m going to stop the statin for a few weeks to see if any difference. Just curious if any of you guys experiencing PVC’s (or PAC’s) are also on a statin.

Good luck. I hope you find a solution and don't have any issues in the process. Are statins something that you can just stop? I know that some of that sort of med, if you just stop, can really do a number on you, but that may be things for BP or rhythm, I'm not sure.

[Chocaholic]

Will taper down over a week or two.

[Skytrooper]

I was diagnosed with PVC and PAC over 10 years ago. I had some bad attacks. Felt like a very intense fluttering in my chest. Only med I had been on prior to issue was Metformin. I was very stressed out though too. I still get them but not quite as bad as before. I weened myself of all the meds. I didnt like the way they made me feel. Changed my diet to fresh food only ( no preservatives). My A1C dropped at a comfortable rate until it was well below diabetic level. Now prior to the cardiac issues, I ran between 4-8 miles daily and did push-up and situps too. I was Bradycardic at approximately 40 beats per minute. So to develop a cardiac issue was something that never crossed my mind.

[stomachmonkey]

I have hereditary high cholesterol.

Doc put me on statins.

It was a nightmare.

Took a few years after getting off them for the side effects to go away.

Never again.

Dropped red meat a few years back, not intentionally, just kinda happened naturally, went from eating 2-3 times a week to 2-3 times a month.

That was my only change, dropped from 250's to 190.

[Bob Kontak]

Originally Posted by sammyg2

What dosage of metoprolol are you taking?

I take 50mg per day. Half a pill in the morning the other after I get home from work per script directions.


Symptoms of PVC from internet...

..... one can get sensations in the chest like:

Missed beats
Flutters
Jumping
Flip-flops
Pounding or jumping
Increased awareness of heartbeat

I had some of this business. Three years ago maybe. Went to doc during a bad passage AFTER eating three McChickens.. Not joking - I can pull that off when off diet. Suspect some derivative of MSG or MSG.

Anyhoo, I ask what gives? He said you should be in the ER. I say nah, has happened before (literally with McChickens). He says go get this pill and lay down. Come back this afternoon.

I did and was "better". Said that I have atrial fluttering. 18 months later he says you definitely have A-fib. Have been on Warfarin for about ten months now.

[dar636]

Same conditions as most of the prior people have described, was diagnosed with PSVT, treated with Metoprolol which controlled it for two years, then became non-effective. I had an ablation procedure done JUL 2019 which was the cure.

No symptoms, no more meds, no physical restrictions at all. Hiking, skiing, etc. Downside was loss of flight privileges which I should have restored this month.

[Bob Kontak]

Originally Posted by dar636

I had an ablation procedure done JUL 2019 which was the cure.

Just looked up what they do. Cool.

Cardiac ablation is a procedure that is used to scar small areas in your heart that may be involved in your heart rhythm problems. This can prevent the abnormal electrical signals or rhythms from moving through the heart.

Now, what I did was take Tavis-D in the 90's and then one evening drank a shiet-load of Scotch contrary to warnings. Next morning heart beat is all over the place. Heart MD said you cut the rhythm feed from the brain with the meds and the backup system kicked in that kept you alive but not in a happy rhythm.

I wore a monitor for days and he gave me some pills that put heart back into a normal rhythm but every time big stress or a fast physical exertion happened, right back to bumpy.

I wonder if this is the basis for my current A-fib?

[Tobra]

Your heart is four chambered pump, the most muscular part of the heart pumps the blood to the lungs or the body, left side pumps oxygenated blood from the heart to the body, the right pumps deoxygenated blood to the lungs. Atrium sits above the ventricle on either side, each fills with blood the rushes into the heart when the ventricle relaxes. A beautifully efficient pump.

There is an electrical system that makes it go, plumbing to carry blood to nourish the muscle. Problems can happen with these systems. There is a bundle of tissue called your sino atrial node, kind of like an ignition coil for the heart. An electrical signal starts there and goes through the cardiac tissue, which causes it to contract every second or so of every minute of your life.

You want a good rhythm for a pump like this to work efficiently. If there is a premature ventricular contraction, the ventricle goes off early, prior to filling with blood. Fibrillation is sort of like what your hand does when you touch an electric fence, only not as organized, when your atria do this, they don't fill up with blood like they should which creates turbulent flow, blood is more prone to forming clots in these conditions. The blood thinner hopefully prevents that from happening.

When there is a problem with the electrical system in the heart, you see stuff like PVC, A fib, blah, blah.

Plumbing side supplies nourishment to the muscle, in an old house you get rusty pipes. Bad genetics, bad diet, bad habits or any combination of the above can predispose you to crap building up in your blood vessels. If the vessels carrying the blood to part of your heart muscle get blocked, part of the heart dies. Dead muscle does not conduct electricity like it does when it is alive, so this can impact the electrical system, bonus. If the electrical completely craps the bed, your ventricles can just soldier on without input from the SA node, but only a slow rate.

The condition of the plumbing can impact the pump. For example, arteries have to carry blood under pressure. The walls of these vessels are thick, muscular and elastic, or they start out that way. When the vessel stretches, it moderates the pressure and passively helps to push the blood along as it returns to its resting diameter. Over time, particularly if you are a smoker, those blood vessels that formerly had been stretchy like a rubber hose, become stretchy like a piece of PVC pipe. Vessel can't stretch, so Mr Boyle is no longer in play and the pressure is able to spike. This can overwhelm smaller vessels, and blow out something in your eye, kidney or whatever, which is not good. If it does not blow anything out, it overloads the pump because it is not getting the auxiliary pump effect from the stretchy arteries and the high pressure is rough on the muscle.

Bottom line, y'all are old

[Chocaholic]

Been taking an Advil PM before bed for years. Wife just read about a link between NSAID’s and arrhythmia. Anyone heard of that?