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what is my risk of dangerous arrythmia?

Hello, thanks for taking my question.  I'm a 29 yr. old male who is 90 pounds overweight, but I do exercise almost daily.  About a year or so ago, I remember feeling quite bloated one day and out of nowhere I had fluttering what seemed like maybe just below my heart, and I nearly passed out.  I had been standing up for nearly 15 minutes already.  My vision faded all the way out and I was very close to passing out but I didn't lose consciousness.   I had an EKG 20 minutes later and it was normal.   Some more time went by, my doctor got me an echocardiogram which showed mild mitral and pulmoray regurgitation and I was told this was normal.  My blood work was unrevealing, and I also had a sleep study that showed just very minimal sleep apnea.   i also wore the 30 day heart monitor, and while I had it on,  I had several of what I would call  "minor versions" of what happened when I nearly passed out (just a flutter here and there, but not lasting as long and no nearly fainting).   I was told these were early heartbeats, and I could have an EP study since I had syncopal episodes,  but I've put that on the backburner.
When I have the flutters, my pulse is generally normal.   I may be at a pulse of 70 or so, and then a flutter occurs, like a rolling in my heart.  Sometimes I feel them in the center of my chest, or up closer to my neck.    But, the ones that last longer than a couple of seconds will make my vision fade, the worse one I ever had lasted maybe 5 seconds and I was very close to passing out but never did pass out fully.    Only the short flutters with no syncope or vision fading were caught on the heart monitors.   And I was told they were "extra beats".    

What is my risk of something serious, with the echo being mostly normal and a normal chest Xray/EKG?   I also have had what they call atypical chest pain,  kind of just a pressure that sits in the middle of my chest all the time.
And also, what do you think is causing this  to me and how to stop it?
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159619 tn?1707018272
FYI, I'm guessing you'll hear this is  due to your weight and deconditioning and sleep apnea  yada, yada, yada.... you've heard it before on these forums many times now.
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159619 tn?1707018272
Hey there watermelon_bubblegum,erijshh, jimbc, glueby, beebay, if_i_had you, carlot, Thompson383, Bluedog, people013, zuzzu, ajibdi, stinky534, glueby, idathunkit, tactac, help30439, cheeta_breeda, neegnomer, crabdaddy358, save_a_heart & sleepy_pete. Keep coming up with those new screen names. ( six weeks worth)

I think this is a new record for you, two expert forums on one day! Plus this is your 4th post on this forum this week, on the 18th, 23rd, 24th and today. Nice!

Keep asking and I guess eventually you'll get an answer you can accept. For your sake and that of those who don't get to post due to this abuse I sure hope you find one today you can live with.

If you want to talk just respond to my message earlier this week under your post as watermelon_bubblegum.
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