Rockin' MRI

[Barb64]

I had a MRI of the breasts. I was laying face down on the table with breasts going through holes with a bar to support my sternum. I felt my heart rate escalate, I have PAT, in my ears which had ear plugs in them. The rate was not always regular. When done I found my heart hurt - the pain was just to the left of center. I was dizzy when I stood up. They had me sit for a while. I'm on crutches. They finally got a wheelchair and took me to a waiting area to recover. The pain lasted for over two hours and then came exhaustion. I slept for most of the rest of the day and didn't do much better the next day. Has anyone experienced this? I was told it wasn't my heart I was hearing but the vibrations of the MRI. I know what I heard and what I felt.

[Barb64]

I don't tend to worry but I am awfully curious and want answers to things. I appreciate your post. Thanks.

Most MRIs I've had lately are open bores and some have mirrors so you can see somethings going on. Even with that, I can almost feel panic rising especially if the people doing the MRI don't talk to me. I can pray my way out of the rising panic and peace comes again.

[itdood]

Could be, some say pressure or irritation of the vagus nerve can cause certain types of arrythmia.

I had an MRI yesterday too!

I had a cardiac MRI for my ongoing PVCs.  I was in the machine (a small bore MRI) for 2 and a half hours.  It was brutal.

MRIs, especially small bore are tough on folks, it made me a bit claustrophobic and I normally am not.  Towards the end of this, I felt somewhat panicked and my heart rate kicked up a bunch.  They had one last 3 minute set of picture to get and could not because of my heart rate.  (they have to time the picture with my hear rhythm).    I had to settle myself down and get my heart rate back down for them to get the pics.    Managed to get through it.

For a cardiac MRI I had an IV in for die contrast, a monitor for respiration, EKG leads, and a heart antenna on my chest.  I could tell they were timing the pictures with my heart beat and respiration.  The machine was very loud, I had head phones on.  I'm very tuned into my heart beat due to an ongoing PVC issue and could not tell my beats from the machine.  I was so confined I couldn't even get my hands to touch, because believe me I wanted to feel if my pulse was OK.  To make it all worse, they had a continuous drip on the IV when they weren't injecting the die and I had to pee so bad!  

Anyways, if I were you I wouldn't worry.  position, pressure, and other factors can certainly put pressure on the vagus nerve or other part and cause some arrhythmia which is very common.