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Extra Heart Beats

I am a 32 year old male and experience what I believe to be premature heartbeats.  About 14 months ago I seen a cardio for chest pain and had and EKG and nuclear stress test done.  The EKG had an abnormal R wave, which was explained to me that this is often the case with men with larger chests?  The results of the stress test were all normal, and I was told that I have no scarring, no blockage, and my heart pumped blood at a rate of 75% per beat, where normal healthy hearts are 50% per beat.  Since then the chest pain is gone but now I deal with what I believe to be premature beats or skipped beats.  I can feel an abnormal beat/feeling in my chest/throat when this happens.  When it does occur I begin to panic a bit and immediately check my pulse; doing this has lead me to occasionally feel what appear to be early beats like thump, thump, thumpthump thump ..... have yet to have more then 1 early beat in a row, but have had them happen a few seconds apart.  I don't get these everyday, but probably 4 days a week 4-5 times per day.   I have called my cardios nurse and she has told me based on the results from last year there is no need for concern.  She said they are normal and happen to most people.  My questions are what are these, why am I only noticing them for the past 6 months, what can be done to cure them and are they dangerous?
Please help, these are affecting my life and I am now scared to do exercise at the levels I am used to as I am afraid something is going to happen.
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man dont worry u can workout at the highest level , i have'em too , had a holter ekg and only 23 of these basterds in one day and things is i didint exercise back than .. i took a brake because of them , nowe i workout till i am close to pucking:)) and have only 4-6 of them during workouts , only when my heart goes to rest after the exercise . dont worry youre fine.
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Thanks again for the information, I am trying to get back to a "normal" lifestyle
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I probably don't have 1000 every day.  I think they are slowly getting better.  I'd say I get 200-800/day now.  When my heart rate is fast during exercise, there is no room for an extra beat to happen.  It sort of cancels out the PVC's.  I'd say this happens at rates above 120 bpm.  Then I get PVC's again after I finish exercising and my heart rate is back to normal!  If I lift weights I do get PVC's then, because my heart rate is not that high.  

To be honest, I still don't work out at the intensity I used to, because in the back of my mind I am still scared.   But the cardiologist I saw said it was safe, so I try to keep that in mind.  Go back to exercising slowly, to build your confidence.  
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Thank you for sharing your information.  My situation appears to be much smaller then yours, but even so they scare me every time.  You mentioned you have begun exercising again, you experience 1,000 PVCs daily but not during exercise?  I would like to get back a a more rigorous/or any exercise routine but I am too afraid.  Please keep us posted as to how things progress for you.
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Hi,
I'm 27 and for the past four months I've had premature beats (PVC's) every day.  I had a holter monitor which I wore for 24 hours to record my heartbeat, and the results showed over 1000 premature beats in a day!  So just be glad you only have 4-5.  Even with 1000, the doctors still said it was not dangerous, because I have a healthy heart.  I'm hoping mine will go away, too!  I'm starting to exercise again (I was too scared to for a while), and while my heartrate is high I have no PVC's.  I think exercise is supposed to help with these.  Another thing you could try is magnesium supplements (citrate or glycinate is best).  

If you are still worried, you could get a second opinion to set your mind at rest.  But from what I understand, premature beats in a healthy heart are not harmful.  Good luck!
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