Keisha

[lnettl]

I have been having palpitations for the last 4-5 years. I would get them for a brief time and then I wouldn't feel them again for months or even for a year or so. Not until this year have I've been getting them frequently. I've had them just about everyday since February and it's usually not that many a day but maybe 5-6, sometimes less. I was wondering if it's normal for people to have them every day for such a long time. I've gone to 3 different cardiologist and had just about all test done and they have all said they are PVC's and not to worry. It's really hard not to because it just doesn't seem normal, but I also done a Echo/Stress Echocardiogram with two different cardiologists and on one report it said everything was normal except for trival mitral valve regurgitation and then on the other stress echo at the other place everything also came back normal but this time on the report it mentioned mild pulmonic and triscupid regurgitation but no mitral valve regurigation. Is this something also to be concerned about?

[deedle1976]

5 to 6 pvcs per day is not very many at all and no more than an average member of the population.  The majority of the population have these every day and you would be hard pushed to find someone that doesn't get them. They are part of the behavior of a normal human heart. Most people are not sensitive enough to the sensation of their heart to feel them. A study showed that approximately 21% had more than 24 per day and about 5% had more than 300 per day. 4% had more than 500 per day. I know they feel really horrible and don't feel normal but they are. I have had (and felt) literally several hundred thousand of them over the last few months. I am a scientist and a very logical person who knows and believes they will not harm me however because the sensation is so sudden and unpleasant they still do startle me for a second.  You may not be able to stop them from giving you a fright but they key is not to let that momentary fear persist or it can turn into permanent anxiety and worry over something that really is nothing at all.

[Michael J. McWilliams, M.D.]

if you have three opinions and the doctors aren't worried, you shouldn't worry either.

mild pulmonic and tricuspid regurg is nothing to worry about.