Under Ventricular Ectopy my holter monitor report gives several data points. Below is part of it: 42 Couplets, 1 Runs, 3 Beats in Runs. Can someone explain what is meant by Couplets, Runs, and Beats in Runs?
I will try my best to answer this correctly for you, but I might need a little extra input from others here on the board if I am incorrect. Couplets are 2 PVCs in a row, 1 run means you had a run of 3 PVCs in a row.
Ventricular ectopy refers to extra beats that originate from the ventricles (PVC's).
Like finetilthree said, a couplet is 2 PVC's in a row. A run is when you have at least 3 extra beats in a row. Your results indicate occurrences of a couple and one 3-beat run.