Dear Doctor,
On waking up this morning I experienced sustained skipping heart beats. When lying down for the ecg, the heart returned to normal, but the ecg report stated "excessive overload of left atrium". What does this mean and what is its significance?
I am 50, male, with a history of non-sustained skipping beats, irregular beats, tachycardia as well as bradycardia. Morning resting pulse rate is 53. One holter reading stated nsvt, but otherwise I have experienced no symptoms when on the holter. The echos have indicated a structurally normal heart.
My question is whether one can have a structurally normal heart in the presence of all the symptoms indicated above? Also how safe would it be to exercise,given the above symptoms?
Thanks very much for taking the time to go through this.
Malan