Pause between pvc and heart beat?

[kyomagi]

I know its called a complimentary pause, but how long does it last?  It sometimes feels like 2-3 normal beats could have passed in that time.  Like yesterday it was PVC ==========beat =========== normal beats.

I felt nothing else during this time, i was not dizzy or light headed, just a little freaked out.

i take verapamil 240mg every day to control my pvc's

[kyomagi]

Thanks!  Looking back on it, this is something i have been dealing with since 2010, i never knew it was that long.

[gothic_beauty]

If your doctor said it's nothing to worry about, then don't worry. The thud is normal: it's all part of the course of an ordinary skipped beat. And you're right, you could be exaggerating the pause. We often tend to blow any sort of painful or frightening experience in our lives out of proportion, making it seem a lot greater than it really is, and skipped heartbeats are no different. Good to know that you were able to get the opinion of a professional, too.

[kyomagi]

When I last had my holter monitor on it caught a couple of pacs. Doc did not seem worried.   When the pause happens, I almost always feel a big thud right before hand. And it does not happen all the time. Maybe once every couple of months.

And I get the same thud if its a PVC or pac

But like u said, no other symptoms at all and the ekgs I've had done came in 100 clean.

But I could be over exaggerating the pause.

[gothic_beauty]

I also experience long pauses in my pulse after a skipped beat. From what I have found out, this means that the skipped beat was in fact probably not a PVC, but a PAC. While the pause after a PVC is equal to one full beat, the pause after a PAC can vary and cause a variety of sensations. For that reason, PACs seem a lot scarier, at least to me, but I have been told that they are equally harmless. As other people have said, as long as you're not experiencing any other symptoms, such as dizziness or fainting, when you get these longer pauses, you don't have to worry!

[MichelleP_3811]

If you truly are having a 2 second pause it may not be a pvc but some sort of sinus pause or block.  If you are not having troubling symptoms that accompany the issue then you may not need to worry or do anything but I would go and get checked out by a doctor to catch whatever is going on so you are clear on what exactly the issue is.  

[kyomagi]

Let me make sure if I got this right, beat PVC pause beat. That pause that lasts 2 or so seconds is the time it takes for the heart to full?  If my hr 85, why does it feel longer than one beat? Is it just how long it takes for it to fill up

[kyomagi]

I have no symptoms during the pvc except me noticing it.  But it feels like it lasts forever.

[MichelleP_3811]

The compensatory pause of a pvc lasts a long as one full beat.  If your heart rate at the time is slow it will feel like a longer pause than if your heart rate was in the 90s.  The pattern your displayed above is bigeminy though short lived.

[Midijane]

Hi Kyomagi, it is normal for our hearts to have a "reset period" after a PVC (ie-funny little beat). I wouldnt worry about this if it were me. Just pay attention to whether or not you feel symptomatic following a PVC (ie- chest pain, shortness of breath, nausea). If any of those symptoms started, I would call my doctors office and schedule an appoinment.