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aivr and v-tach
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aivr and v-tach
by wmac, Sep 17, 2003 12:00AM
Hello, I am a 39yr old female, with pacs, pvcs, nonsustained v-tach(three pvcs in a row with no normal beats in between heart rate of 140) and now I have aivr. Accelerated idio-ventricular rhythm. I cannot find info on this.MY understanding is that I had four pvcs in a row with no normal beats in between with heart rate of 80.
Aivr is pvcs in a row with lower heart rate than the v-tach. Is this correct and also can a persons heart get stuck with this rhythm? This really scares me so does the v-tach. My cardiologist who is also a ep doctor says i have a normal healthy heart with the exception of mvp and a little leakage. I asked about an ablation she said no and asked about medications she said no that, that would be worse than the problem itself. Last Dec. she wanted to put me on metropopal and i said no she said that was okay and understood, now she says no period. Does this aivr make me more of a canidate for more v-tach episodes?
My cardiologist says to just ignore this when it happens. I have alot of concern over all of this I dont understand how one person can have so many differant arrythimias, is this in its self bad and dangerous? I just dont think ill get past this fear i have, ive been going through this for over a year now, except just found out last week about the aivr. Do most people with pvcs have nonsustained v-tach? I have read about people with thousands of pvcs a day i only have a few now and then and have v-tach. Does that make them a canidate for nsvt too? I thank you so much for time, I will be waiting for your reply soon. Thanks Wmac
Aivr is pvcs in a row with lower heart rate than the v-tach. Is this correct and also can a persons heart get stuck with this rhythm? This really scares me so does the v-tach. My cardiologist who is also a ep doctor says i have a normal healthy heart with the exception of mvp and a little leakage. I asked about an ablation she said no and asked about medications she said no that, that would be worse than the problem itself. Last Dec. she wanted to put me on metropopal and i said no she said that was okay and understood, now she says no period. Does this aivr make me more of a canidate for more v-tach episodes?
My cardiologist says to just ignore this when it happens. I have alot of concern over all of this I dont understand how one person can have so many differant arrythimias, is this in its self bad and dangerous? I just dont think ill get past this fear i have, ive been going through this for over a year now, except just found out last week about the aivr. Do most people with pvcs have nonsustained v-tach? I have read about people with thousands of pvcs a day i only have a few now and then and have v-tach. Does that make them a canidate for nsvt too? I thank you so much for time, I will be waiting for your reply soon. Thanks Wmac
Doctor's Answer
by CCF-M.D.-RCJ, Sep 17, 2003 12:00AM
Wmac,
Thanks for the post.
I fully empathize with your concern. However, if your heart is as you described:"normal healthy heart with the exception of mvp and a little leakage", then statistically speaking, you have no increased risk of death over that of someone without 4 PVCs in a row. Period.
So what you need to work on is your fear. I think that many people like yourself have a form of OCD (obsessive-Compulsive Disorder), and thus need treatment for this to help overcome the feelings of fear and anxiety that plague you. From what I read, it sounds as if this fear is adversely affecting your quality of life, and needs attention.
Now, if you really are bothered by the sensation of the PVCs, some medicines may or may not help. Sometimes beta-blockers work for relieving symptoms, sometimes they don't. It is a trial for every new person, and needs to be discussed with the treating physician.
I think that you are a long way from an ablation procedure. It is a very rare individual who derives benefit from PVC avblation.
Hope that helps.
Thanks for the post.
I fully empathize with your concern. However, if your heart is as you described:"normal healthy heart with the exception of mvp and a little leakage", then statistically speaking, you have no increased risk of death over that of someone without 4 PVCs in a row. Period.
So what you need to work on is your fear. I think that many people like yourself have a form of OCD (obsessive-Compulsive Disorder), and thus need treatment for this to help overcome the feelings of fear and anxiety that plague you. From what I read, it sounds as if this fear is adversely affecting your quality of life, and needs attention.
Now, if you really are bothered by the sensation of the PVCs, some medicines may or may not help. Sometimes beta-blockers work for relieving symptoms, sometimes they don't. It is a trial for every new person, and needs to be discussed with the treating physician.
I think that you are a long way from an ablation procedure. It is a very rare individual who derives benefit from PVC avblation.
Hope that helps.
Yes, I agree, I would like to hear the more definate answer on the non-sustained v-tach as I have had that myself once. I too have a normal healthy heart but get frequent PVC's sometimes for hours on end.
Wmac