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[Elli126]

Hi folks,

Its been awhile since I posted because I've been feeling pretty good, just the usual PVCs/PACs and no PSVT for awhile. So today I'm at Walmart feelin fine and my heart just stops beating for what seems like about three seconds. All the blood rushed out of my head, I felt faint but didn't pass out. The heart kicks back in really forcefully and then went back to a steady beat. It scared the heck out of me. I have had the PVC/PAC- PSVT for about 20 years but this felt different...any thoughts?

[Elli126]

Thanx for the suggestion, I will check it out.

[aylish28]

sounds like a compensatory pause common in pvc pac...feels awful but common  google heart compensatory pause in pvc

[jkfrench]

It sure does feel like you will die from that longer pause.  I hate it.  Sometimes I get it without it triggering the svt so I know what your talking about too.
Jodie

[merileegal]

I had an ablation almost 2 months ago for SVt. Since then I've had 3 episodes like the one you described. I couldn't have described it more clearly than you did. I had that empty feeling in my throat like the blood wasn't going to my head and things were getting dim. The first time it happened I was laying in bed dozing off to sleep and and I quickly sat up in bed and grabbed my husband's arm and told him my heart stopped beating. It was soooo scary. I saw my ep afterward and he said it was a PAC and I wouldn't die from it but when it's happening it sure feels like it. I've had PACs for a long time and I know they are what precedes the SVT. So before I had the ablation it was the PAC with the long pause that then went into SVT. Now that the extra pathway is ablated, the PAC reacts differently.

[Elli126]

Thanx Jodie- it did scare all heck outta me! I thought that was it. Sudden death syndrome... I thought maybe it was due to the absolutely CRAZY heat we've been having ( hasn't been below 100 with a heat index of 115 for more than a week ). Or maybe something to do with my period ( yes I still get that joy at 53 years old! ) Or even my thyroid issues. I'm not sure why it happened but I'm glad I'm not the only one it happens to ( gee that came out sounding selfish ) but you know what I mean. :)

[jkfrench]

Hi Ellli,
Those are the worst.  I have the same thing and fortunately it only happens a few times a year.  My heart will skip (probably a pac) and stop for at least 3 seconds.  Then it kickstarts into that PAT at 220 bpm for a few seconds or a few minutes.  Once it happened long enough for me to get to the ER to get diagnosed.  I was told that I probably had a pac, that traveled down some other pathway (hence the pause) , then that triggered the PAT.
I never feel faint, buit it does feel like the blood just goes away and time stands still.
Jodie