PVC and MVP

[suzieq_1962]

I have been diagnosed with a slight MVP along with slight reguratation.  I also experience PVC's which have been diagnosed as benign according to a Holter I wore two years ago.  However, within the past few months they have become more regular.  I have suffered with them for years, however I would only feel them a few times a month.  Now I am feeling them everyday, sometimes for hours and hours.  My cardiologist says I still have nothing to worry about.  However since they have recently become a lot more frequent, I am worried that they could turn into a fatal arrythmmia.  I have read that if you have a structual normal heart, them they aren't serious.  I have trouble falling asleep as it seems when I lie down, they get even more frequent.  They also wake me up out of a sleep.  Since I have a MVP w/mild reguritation, am I at a higher risk of a fatal arrthmmia?  I'm assuming the MVP means I do not have a structual normal heart and I also am being treated for HBP for about 20 years now.  Although my cardio assures me the MVP is nothing to worry about either.

[Momto3]

Hi suzieq_1962,

To the best of my knowledge, having slight MVP w/ mild regurgitation does not place you at any greater risk.  I have MVP and moderate MR, and I used to have 20,000 PVCs/day.  Slight MVP does not really place you in a category of someone who does not have a structurally normal heart.  If that were the case, I would have been in a little trouble all these years.  

Recently, my BP went up and now I'm taking lisinopril for optimal BP control.  With the MR being moderate, the doctor wants the BP under good control.

Have you asked your doctor about wearing a monitor.  Sometimes we feel a WHOLE lot better if we're sure the doctor knows exactly what we're talking about.  If you have the episodes on the monitor, you'll know the doctor can take a look/see and you may feel more reassured.

Connie

[bonlou]

When one has mvps there heart is working normally.  Even though the valve is not opening and closing exactly right, it doesn no effect how your heart is working.  PVCs are extrmemly common people with mvps.  I am surprised when I find a person with mvp who doesnt have them.  You may be gettting more PVCs for many reasons.  For women hormonal changes can causae them, stress, illiness, just about anything can cause more palpitations.  Hope you are off caffeine and drinking tons of water.
Bonlou
From The Society for MVPS.  I'm here if you need help.