2007-04-25 05:18:37 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Heart Diseases
Yes PVC is type of ventricular arrhythmia .
Premature Ventricular Contraction (PVC): Normal waveforms, normal conduction with additional QRS complexes that are not accompanied by P waves. These extra QRS complexes appear "ventricular," or wide. Caused by hypokalemia, cardiac muscle damage or ischemia, or drug toxicity. Treat if symptomatic with lidocaine.
2007-04-25 06:25:22 · answer #1 · answered by Dr.Qutub 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A simple answer to the question is "Yes". However, the most common arrhythmia of all is the premature ventricular contraction (PVC) which just about everybody has, to some degree, at some time. A few PVC's per minute can be quite normal for anybody, and certainly for children. Because the heart pacemaker maintains its normal rhythm despite a premature contraction, there is a "compensatory pause" in the rhythm of the heart while it waits to resume or pick up the beat (much as a singer pauses to come in correctly on the beat). This is what happens when the heart “skips a beat”. PVCs can be caused by caffeine intake.
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http://www.txai.org/edu/
irregular/premature_beats.htm
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2007-04-25 05:41:49 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, a PVC is a premature ventricular contraction - not a "normal" rhythm, an arrhythmia.
2007-04-25 05:26:23 · answer #3 · answered by emtd65 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes, everything that change the normal heart pace is consider an arrhythmia
2007-04-25 07:36:59 · answer #4 · answered by Eruditus 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes. I had lots of them when I was in my thirties. I almost fainted a couple of times. But now I hardly have any.
2007-04-25 05:27:19 · answer #5 · answered by Bill 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2007-04-25 05:29:25 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋