My 24-hour Holter showed I had 664 supraventricular ectopics. 198 were isolated, 64 couplets, and 80 runs. I was in basic sinus rhythm. I also had 5 ventricular ectopics. 3 VE(s) occurred, 2 isolated beats and 1 run.
2006-06-18 06:28:58 · 3 answers · asked by lindakflowers 6 in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Heart Diseases
Ectopic beats are not life threatening, unless your cardiac status is extremely fragile otherwise.
664 sounds like a lot, but it is less than one per minute.
The runs were probably short. If you go into a supra-ventricular tachycardia (very fast heartbeat, >150/min, beats originating in the atrium), you may feel unwell and require treatment to get you back into a normal sinus rhythm.
The ventricular ectopic beats were rare, so I wouldn't worry about those either.
If you are not having cardiac symptoms, there is nothing to worry about.
Hope that makes you feel better!
2006-06-18 06:37:25 · answer #1 · answered by Pangolin 7 · 7⤊ 1⤋
There is the potential for supraventricular to go into ventricular tachycardia which IS life threatening. I hope your doctor put you on some medicine for this. Major medical centers have clinics for this. There is a procedure call an ablation that can cure some arrhythmia's if the medication doesn't work.
2006-06-18 06:37:18 · answer #2 · answered by Rosie 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Okay, I'll start off by saying that I have absolutely no idea what half those words mean. In fact, I think you made some of them up. But to answer your question, if you have to question whether something is life-threatening or not, then chances are that it is. Stay away from those supraventricular ectopics...they're bad news.
2006-06-18 06:34:13 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋