Hi everyone,
So...like many of you, have suffered from PVCs/PACs for years. I am a 35 year old female, and started experiencing them after having my daughter almost 14 years ago. I have had every test done, ECGs x a million, ECHO, Stress test, cardiac MRI, etc. I am followed by an electrophysiologist, and he says, they are benign idiopathic, originating from the RVOT. I am a registered nurse, so I do understand the heart....but these skips have gotten out of control. I have having them CONSTANTLY. So frustrating. I am way more symptomatic with them now, where I feel them beating out of my chest - takes my breath away. No idea what is causing them, but I definitely get them positionally, on my left side, where my heart doesn't feel like it is beating properly. I question the vagus nerve connection. I just had an ECHO done two weeks ago and the beats were insane during the test. My EF has gone from 68%-64% - not sure if this is significant, but my PVCs were nuts during it, which may have accounted for the change.
Just so unsure what to do now - my doc has prescribed Bisoprolol, but I am reluctant to take it, as my HR is already so low, as well as my BP. I am worried that I have thyroid issues that are untreated, as both my sister and mom are hypo. My TSH went from pre-pregnancy (1.2) and now sits around 3.8-4.8 and doc claims not significant and doesn't bother testing FT3 or FT4...
Any advice out there??