I'm interested in exercised induced VT; meds PM/ICD have not corrected mine and it drives me nuts that no one can explain why; is_something_wrong where did you find your info?
"3 - Polymorphic VT due to ion channel disorders (LQTS or CPVT) - your doctor would have seen that too" what would show up on the stress test?
anything I see with Polymorphic VT I read and would love info on - that's the first I've seen of this and I've questioned my doctors to no end and still have no answers.
If you find an answer starboy81 can you please post and let me know what your doctors have said? =)
well i did the echo cardiogram and I have an normally sturutured heart with no issues. so we have ruled out that part. now its time to do the blood tests to see if its a mineral issue that can be rectified. The doctor mentioned EP to me today so that we can get rid of the problem once and for all. after we see the blood test results we will see what is going on
Probably no doctors in this forum, you should try the Expert forum. Anyway, I can try to answer some of this.
VT is usually a concern if it is sustained. If it happens during exercise, it can have one of four causes.
1 - Severe lack of blood to some parts of the heart (usually followed by angina pain, though) or bad circuits, see answer above.
2 - The benign "right ventricle outflow tract" VT (your doctor can see this on EKG if it's the case). It should always be investigated, though.
3 - Polymorphic VT due to ion channel disorders (LQTS or CPVT) - your doctor would have seen that too.
4 - VT with no reason, can sometimes occur in healthy hearts.
Echo should always be done in the setting of VT, to find out if there are any "intra-cardiac" causes for it, such as old infarcts.
Good luck, and please keep us updated.
1) generally no. VT is generally caused by a bad circuit in the heart.
2) no, VT is not fitness related. See above ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Do you know if the VT was polymorphic?
Was it a sustained VT (longer than 30 seconds) or non-sustained VT?