thank you for your comments.
Generally, PVC's are nothing to worry about. An EPS study is not warranted. You may consider medication.
Hi Julie,
YES they can be related. You can have sinus bradycardia, this is when the pulse goes slow and or stops. This is called a sinus pause or if long enough, sinus arrest. You need to ask for a 48 hr holter and or a loop recorder. This holter will record 48 hrs of your heart beating and if the slow rates happen while on it, you can be sure that the doctor will see it ! Also then, a loop recorder is a 30 day recording that when you feel the funny rates, you press a button and then send the ekg across the phone lines and the place it is sent to prints it out and sends it back to the cardiologist. An EP study is not all that great for use when someone has a slow heart rate, it is mostly used, I think, for finding fast heart rates. BUT you need to see a good EP doctor. Cardiologist's are great but an EP doctor will pick up on any funny heart arrhythmia. There are many other heart rhythm disorders that can cause this slow rate, BUT you need to DEMAND a holter or a loop recorder until the doctors listen. You may very well at some point pass out, and depending on where and what you are doing...it can be tragic.
Hope you find out soon what is wrong. Good Luck
Julie,
By the way, I would ask these good doctors on this forum their opinion. They seem to really want to help people. I am NOT a doctor, but just wanted to try to help you.
Take care