Hospitalized for PvC's

[kimmie808]

My name is Kimberly I am 40 years old, I have an 18 mo. old and an 8 mo. old.  I use to be a light to moderate smoker(quit 2.5 years ago) and I don't drink.  
I am severely anemic, and am on Iron therapy, I just found out I had a slow thyroid and a small goiter.    I have low blood pressure, and good cholesterol.
I have always felt a Pvc now again, but about a week ago I started the generic brand Zoloft. I noticed with the Zoloft the pvc's got more frequent.
I stopped the zolft on day 4 and ended up in the emergency room with chest flutters. My family has a history of hypertrophic cardio myopathy , and heart attacks.  
They did a blood test, and ecg, an echogram, and a chest xray and all came out normal. They put me on aspirin therapy, lipitor, and a beta blocker as a preventive care.
I am extremely worried about the Pvc's. Are they life threatening, should I be asking them to do any more tests, and can this be cured?
Thank you in Advance..

[Cheers]

You say that it is concerning if the palpitations persist. I think for many of us. the DO persist. During the days before my period, I will get the all day...sometimes several per minute. Yet, my Dr. says not to worry. Do you not agree??

[kimmie808]

They just picked up the pvcs which they did not even address, the monitor did not print them out and they basically I'd d not think anything of them

[kimmie808]

Thank you so very much. I have had a couple of near fainting incidents in the last 6 months where I never actually passed out. I was not sure why it happened.  I have a few health issues at the moment, anemia from a bad bleed while giving birth, and thyroid problems.
I do not faint with the pvc episodes. I was hooked up to a 6 lead monitor for 24 hrs at the hospital that printed anything suspicious. When I felt a pvc, I looked at the monitor and saw the dip. Then it registered as PVC :1.
I had several ecgs done.
If I had a serious arrythymia, would they have picked it up? I am seeing my gp on Tuesday and I just don't know what I need to ask her to investigate. I know your time to answer is limited, but would so so appreciate it if you could answer this last question. Thank you for your time and public service.

[CCFHeartMD 15]

Hello. The fact that your echocardiogram is normal is good as premature ventricular complexes (PVCs) in a structurally normal heart are usually benign. PVCs are very common as a high percentage of the population have them during the day. It is hard to define why only some of the patients can feel the PVCs but is most likely related to an increased awareness and stress. Usually the PVCs come from spot in the heart's ventricle that acts as an extra pacemaker and that can cause a change in the sequence of our normal pacemaker (sinus node). The activity of the extra pacemaker may be increased by different factors like stress, hormones and medications. Now why can we feel these extra beats? Just because the strength of every heart beat depends on the amount of blood that fill the heart before the next contraction. Every time that you have an extra beat, the normal pacemaker makes a normal pause to regain its normal rhythm, and that's when the chambers get filled with more blood. So the beat that you feel is not the PVC, is the beat that come after that one that is usually stronger. Symptoms that are red flags w/ PVCs are passing out w/ no reason or persistent palpitations.
About extra tests, sometimes an exercise stress test is also requested to assess the response of the PVCs to exercise, but the indication depends on the patient.
In terms of your hospitalization you said that you have a chest flutter. Did they found a different arrhythmia in the hospital or was just PVCs? You also described you were started on beta blockers, that may decreased the PVCs symptoms. Finally, if your PVCs and symptoms persist despite the beta blockers you may be a candidate for an invasive procedure to try to "burn" this extra pacemaker (ablation).
Good luck.