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heart PVC's and more
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heart PVC's and more

by kitkicker, Mar 22, 2008 01:48PM
last summer i ran out of some medicine for my low blood pressure problem(i'm a quadrepeligic) and experianced PVCs.  they weren't bad and went away after i got back on my meds (fludrocortisone).  but this last month i experianced some very bad PVC's, i was having up to 40 a minute.  i ended up being septic and had pnuemonia and a UTI. shortly after my round of antibiotics the PVCs stopped.  but now, i am suffering from high blood pressure and my PVCs are coming back and more frequent.  chest xrays comeback normal as do my blood and urine work... im concerned and confused... can anybody help?

by Douglas Bogart, MD, Mar 23, 2008 08:37AM
To: kitkicker
The PVC's may be benign but also could be a marker of heart disease and you should at least have an echocardiogram  and maybe a stress test if you have risk factors for coronary artery disease.
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