Atenolol or Sotalol

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 fr

[CCF CARDIO MD - DLB]

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.

[harry johnson]

is arrythmia a generic name?`
is atrial fibrilation a type of arrythmia?

[CCF CARDIO MD - DLB]

Atrial fibrillation is a specific type of arrhythmia.