TACHYCARDIA

[wunabnorm]

Anyone with tachycardia, can you please tell me if this sounds like it? Before bed last night, I was having really bad pvc's. I don't know if it was tachycardia or not. It felt like 3 pvc's ina row without a regular beat in between. Then while asleep, Twice I had what felt like 8 or so pvc's in a row.  really fast without any regular beats. I felt fine after these runs, and my heart went back to beating normal, but except with the normal pvc's that I always have. Then I went back to sleep. Then it happened a second time. Could this be V tach? Or what else could it be? How does V tach make you feel? And is it dangerous if it is in a structurally normal heart?

[fearfactor]

I have had that exact same sensation you describe - it happens only a few times a year but that describes it perfectly!  I've never been able to catch it on a monitor but always suspected it was runs of PACs or PVCs.

[deedle1976]

Wow. Several runs a day. Do you ever get Zapped by your ICD? You obviously tolerate it very well, physically and mentally.

[surfgirl]

Your definitions are perfect, and so is your response..........in a normal heart NSVT is fine.  I think that has been said many times on here.  I have long ( well, 10-14 in a row) runs of VT, almost daily..........it just feels......... weird.  I have had 5 minutes of it, and did not pass out or even feel faint.  ( my heart rate was 188) Everyone is different.  It depends a lot on what you are doing.  The heart is so amazing.  I go now.I don't want to post on here, but your post was so good.

[deedle1976]

V tach is not dangerous in a normal heart. Studies have shown that on any given day approximately 3% of the population with normal hearts experience non sustianed v tach. I think it probably feels different to different people. I think I have experienced it twice and it was like one PVC followed by a sensation of my heart rumbling ant tumbling before my normal rhythm kicked back in after a few seconds. I can't be sure that was it though. And it's only happened twice for a few seconds so I'm not too worried (although it freaked me out at the time!). I've only ever had frequent PVCs caught on a holter though.
3 pVCs in a row without a regular beat in between would usually be classed as a short burst of non sustained v tach.