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Atenolol or Sotalol
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Atenolol or Sotalol
by Karen, Dec 12, 1999 12:00AM
I have suffered from palpitations for a couple of years. Due to that i have had a small device implanted under the skin of the chest. It does the same thing as a hoter monitor, every time i feel someting strange in my chest i press a button and the device gets activated and register the heartbeat for about ten minutes. then I go to the doctor and he can follow the ekg on a computer screen.
The device is called reveal and is usually used for unexplain fainting (i think).
Now to the point:
I have wore this for six months now, and my doctor says that the registration does not show any dangerous arrythmia.
He says I get short runs of fast heartbeats (4-12 beats) and the the heart jumps to normal again. the beats are coming från the atria, and i suspect this is some kind of psvt. He has not discovered any beats from the chambers at all.
I also have som extrabeats.
My doctor says that this is absolutely nothing to worry about. He gave me atenolol since I find the palpications unconfortable. This helps, but does not take it all away. Is Sotalol an alternative? My doctor thinks so, but i have heard that they can be dangerous.
The device is called reveal and is usually used for unexplain fainting (i think).
Now to the point:
I have wore this for six months now, and my doctor says that the registration does not show any dangerous arrythmia.
He says I get short runs of fast heartbeats (4-12 beats) and the the heart jumps to normal again. the beats are coming från the atria, and i suspect this is some kind of psvt. He has not discovered any beats from the chambers at all.
I also have som extrabeats.
My doctor says that this is absolutely nothing to worry about. He gave me atenolol since I find the palpications unconfortable. This helps, but does not take it all away. Is Sotalol an alternative? My doctor thinks so, but i have heard that they can be dangerous.
Doctor's Answer
by CCF CARDIO MD - DLB, Dec 12, 1999 12:00AM
If you have worn this type of monitor for six months and nothing dangerous showed up, you should be reassured. I think atenolol is a reasonable medicine if the symptoms really bother you, but sotalol would be overkill for what sounds like a benign condition.
is atrial fibrilation a type of arrythmia?