PVCs and Heredity

[Lucy4550]

Are PVCs hereditary?  Mine began on Mother's Day when I was 33.  I get them off and on every few months.  Sometimes they take my breath away.  I am worried that my children might inherit them.  Could this happen?

[Brooke_38]

Hello...

I have not heard of nor have I read any type of litterature suggesting that PVC's are liked to heredity.

[heartfluttersflyawayplz]

hi , am 49 have had pac/pvnce i was 23 , but i do most i have talk to they run in family,  my mom has them and thereare 4 daughters we all have them, i have friends that have them along with other members in there familyy so from what i see they can run in family. my sister has 5 children and at least two has them. just let your children see that they wont kill them and can live with them thats what i did , i have two boys and yes they have them now and than . so always good to not show to much fear in front of them. its like anxiety my mom has it and so do all of her girls. just can never tell. have a great day.Barb

[judymarie47]

I have em and have talked to my daughters and they have them and one of my sisters has them.  As to whether they are hereditary i don't know i do know that all of us that do have them in my family have trouble with anxiety and panic attacks. Our trigger seems to be anxiety and we all have something we take when we become anxious. For myself I had to be put on verapamil and inderal and they help somewhat with the pvc's but for anxiety i take xanax. I also have through trial and error have learned what alot of my triggers are.   I have made some big changes in my excersize, diet, and sleep habits and that seems to help also.

[SassyLassie]

My mother had them pretty severely and my aunts had/have them too. So, I think it is pretty safe to say that "Yes" they are hereditary. I know that panic attacks and anxiety also run big time in my family and I have those problems too, so, I feel that like other genes, these are also passed down to us.  

Aren't we lucky?   NOT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Mommykins72]

I had that same question when my daughter began experiencing them. I had them most, if not all of my life, but not as severe as my daughter. My father also has it very frequent however he doesn't even notice when it happens. It seems that, yes, this has a hereditary tendency but why I have not been able to identify.

[Jenn1302]

I'm in my 20's and I get them. No one in my family had heart problems or PVCs before they were much older, so in my case they don't seem to be genetic. Maybe they're genetic in some cases, but not always.