atenenolol quesstions

[jaksmom03]

Hi
I am taking 25 mg of atenenolol twice a day for high heart rate. I have been taking it for over a week
I am 26 overweight a smoker all which Im working on since I have found out about my heart and from an echo found out that I have tricuspid and pulmonary regergitation. My heart rate is still running high even with the atenenolol just sitting its going up to 100 and when I just get up to walk to do anything without any lifting or hard work it can go to 140.....is this normal? its lower then it was but not by much. can you walk or work out if you have high heart rate? would ablation fix this problem. also can this be from smoking and being overweight im 5'6 and 222.

[LukeL]

If the doctor clears you, you may want to try exercising, start of slow and slowly increase your workload. I know every case is different, but when I  was 16 my heart rate was 120 resting and by increasing my fitness threshold I was able to lower it to the 70s and 80s by my 21st birthday.

[jaksmom03]

thank you for your answer I am headed to clevland clinic on thursday for evaluation. but the valve disorders could be causing the high heart rate???? that makes sense to me but there are so many heart issues that I have been reading about I dont know...

[Cleveland Clinic]

The question you have to ask of your doctor is why is my heart rate high? It sounds from your description that you have some right heart dysfunction, with decreased forward flow and that this is causing your heart rate to increase. If you feel symptomatic from this problem, the answer is not to take atenolol but to fix the underlying problem in the tricuspid and pulmonary valves.  You should see a congenital heart specialist who may be better versed in this subject than a general cardiologist.
However if the tachycardia is not a sinus tachycardia you may benefit from an ablation procedure. But you need to ask the doctor what sort of tachycardia is this?