Stess test to bring on and reveal cause of skipped beats?

[sonny372]

I just got back my echocardiogram results back and of course they were fine, just like all the other tests.The cardiologist said i took the wrong test and was suppose to take a echo/stress test to find out why i have skipped heart beats and ocassional chest pains. I was afraid to do the treadmill test because he wanted to put me into a arrythmia on purpose to determine the source of it. This just freaked me out. I was afraid of dying on the machine just trying to find out what's going on with me.My doctor said the chances of that are 1 in 10,000 of that happening. He said it could be life threatening depending on where the arrythmia was coming from and that test was suppose to reavel that. I'm scared to do this and i don't know what to do. Why is it that i can't drink alcohol, have caffeine or even take my asthma medicine anymore without rythym disturbances  if everything is structually normaa with my heart. The only thngs i can think of is i have taken viagra in the past and had severe chest pains the morning after and i have abused my asthma meds like albuterol and primatene mist, which  i heard is bad for you. Could it be that i damaged the nodes in my heart permanetley that distribute the electrical signal they give off? If anyone can relate or has a hypothesis i would be so happy as to read it.

[sonny372]

Hi, thanks for responding. So do you think i should do the stress test, or maybe should i do a 30 event monitor. I"m sure the stress test will produce and arrythmia but i guess i'm just to freaked out by being purposly put into one. As it is i get them when i run, sometimes 4 premature beats in a row. I just don't understand if i'm structurely normal why is this happening to me. I have read one of your posts and seen that you have been dealing with pvc's that are quite frequent. How do you deal with them in your every day life, when you have to deal with work and and everything else. Sometimes i'm afraid of being alone fearing something could happen when no one is around to help if it did. I go to college and i find it extremely difficult to concentrate when it is always lurking around the corner. Sorry that you have to deal with this terrible nuisance as well. Hope you feel better and everything turns out alright.

[mommyto4]

hey there, i would say that they need to see where arrhythmia is coming from, and they would be prepared to assist you if god forbid something happened during any tests!!
good luck!!!!