Re: questions regarding ekg and irregular sinus bradycardia

Posted By rae on June 01, 1999 at 14:41:45
i recently made a trip to an emergency room due to mild chest pain and what felt like an irregular heart rate and they performed an ekg on me and said everything looked good. while at my doctor's office on friday i had a chance to look at the ekg results, it said "irregular sinus bradycardia." my doctor listened to my hearbeat and said the heart rate change upon inhalation is an arrythmia which is normal in young healthy hearts. but at the emergency room the doctor listened to my heart rate and said my heart rate sounded variable. since then i've noticed my heart rate seems to vary in speed from time to time as well as speeding up when breathing in. and i've continued to have some off and on mild chest pain. i've also noticed i seem to get slightly winded easier than i think i should. i'm scheduled to see a cardiologist on june 15. what is a irregular sinus bradycardia?

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Posted By Warrant Officer RJC, U.S. NAVY on June 01, 1999 at 22:51:49
I'm a 35 year old, black male diagnosed with PVC's. The only test performed was wearing a holter monitor for a 24 hours.  The PVC's occur approx. twice daily and only last for seconds, and then all is fine.  Is there any further test I should request from my doctor? Are PVC's life threating? Can PVC's be caused by esophageal spasms? I know these questions my sound silly, but I need to know.  My job is really stressful and I was previously diagnosed with hypertension which is no controlled through exercise. Please help. Thank you.

[Joe__0__0]

Posted By Joe on June 02, 1999 at 09:29:24
WO RJC
You should probably post your message as an original message not as a reply to someone else.  The docs probably wont see it there.
By the way,  PVC's are a normal part of the heart beat.  In most cases entirely benign.  
Joe

[Cleveland Clinic, MD]

Posted By CCF CARDIO MD - CRC on June 02, 1999 at 10:07:14
Dear RJC,
Thank you for your question.  We receive a large number of questions about PVC's and as Joe mentioned they are entirely benign.  They do however cause a great deal of anxiety in some individuals.  The best way to deal with PVC's is to take measures to decrease them as much as possible and when they do occur tell yourself there is nothing to be alarmed about and then go on with life.
Below are some web sites with additional information about PVCs.
http://www.amhrt.org/Heart_and_Stroke_A_Z_Guide/prevent.html
http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/nhlbi/cardio/other/gp/arrhyth.htm
http://www.MedicineNet.com/Forum.asp?li=USA&ag=Y&ArticleKey=1946
http://www.onelist.com/
Information provided here is for general educational purposes only. Only your doctor can provide specific diagnoses and treatments. If you would like to be seen at the Cleveland Clinic, please Call 1 - 800 - CCF - CARE for an appointment at Desk F15 with a cardiologist

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Posted By kelly  on June 03, 1999 at 19:32:51
I have always had a heart mumer, I recently went to the doctor for a checkup and they decided that i should under go futher testing, so they put me on a holster mointer for 24hrs and gave me a EKG they both came back abnormal and the doctor said that the EKG had indicated that i had had a heart attack, so i had a carido-lite stress test and heart scan, by the way he gave me nitro-glycren just in case i needed it. After all the tests he decided i should have an echo so i did. Today i went for all my results and he told me that i was fine the echo said i could have mvp but that was pretty normal, I asked him about the heart attack and he said EKGS aren't always accurate, because the stress test showed that i did'nt. would that be true or should i get a 2nd opion?

[Cleveland Clinic, MD]

Posted By CCF CARDIO MD - CRC on June 04, 1999 at 09:24:48
Dear Kelly,
A cardiolite test and echo test are much more accurate than an ECG for determining heart attacks.
Information provided here is for general educational purposes only. Only your doctor can provide specific diagnoses and treatments. If you would like to be seen at the Cleveland Clinic, please Call 1 - 800 - CCF - CARE for an appointment at Desk F15 with a cardiologist













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