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Why would an ekg go from normal to not normal in a matter of 3 months?

I have been battling pvcs nonstop for about 6 months. I have a history of them, but in the past only experienced a few here and there. Now I get them pretty much every day. I wore a holter monitor, event monitor, had a heart echo, and have had about 5 ekgs. Everything came back normal, just had a visual trace of tricuspid regurgitation, which apparently is normal and harmless. The pvcs were caught but they aren’t of concern. I was told I did not need to see a cardiologist since everything was good but I asked for a referral anyway because these pvcs are not only terrifying me but they’re ruining my life. I met with a cardiologist the other day, had another ekg and this time it did not come back normal. How is that possible when I had 4 normal ones about 3 months ago? I asked him why it wasn’t normal and he said there was something going on on the right side of my heart. He didn’t say anything more so I left it at that because I’m scheduled to get a couple more heart echos and a stress test in a week and that will tell us more. I’m so scared something awful is wrong. I might worry myself sick. Which is why I’m posting this. If all my other ekgs and tests were normal, then why would this ekg come back not normal? Is it possible it’s just the tricuspid regurgitation that it’s catching? Or is it possible my heart could have changed or enlarged, or the tricuspid regurgitation could have got worse in a matter of 3 months? This may be the longest week of my life having to wait to find out what’s wrong.
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Beta Blockers certainly effect the heart, however this is unlikely a cause for concern about the right heart.

Changes in EKG can develop in a matter of minutes from the last recorded EKG.

Normally however a schedule of surveillance based on severity of condition is determined and adequate.

Unfortunately it us not possible to know whether changes are due to existing conditions or something new without knowledge and careful assessment of the NATURE of the EKG changes. Coupled of course with in person physical assessment.

Just gonna have to trust your doctor here and wait. Trying to brainstorm on here, without all the data, is sort of like predicting the make and model of a vehicle with the knowledge that it "has tires". It just can't be done.
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I forgot to mention that I’m on 25mg of metoprolol, whereas I wasn’t before when I had the other ekgs. Could that be doing something to my heart?
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