Afib?

[Advice1]

Male 50 +Had Mitral repair several yrs ago

Had 24holter 3yrs ago mentioned the odd supraventicular ectopic beat benign Recent Echo is

good.For couple of weeks have had a a couple of these 4-5 beat burst

in probably 8-10 seconds,

then back to normal is this what is meant by the SVT in the 24hrholter test

or would it be different ?for example Afib.

Thanks

[BobD Volunteer]

A Fib is an irregular beat with no regularity so I doubt from what you describe it is AF.

[Advice1 in reply to BobD]

Hi BobD

thank-you for the info

much appreciated .

[Goldfish_]

Svt is supra ventricular tachycardia which is a rapid rhythm originating in the atria. So it's like a run of the common supra ventricular ectopics , which is just a single extra beat. It has nothing to do with af unless its irregular with a rate of more than100

But if you think you are getting runs of fast beats it's worth considering retesting with a holter

[Advice1 in reply to Goldfish_]

Hi Goldfish

thanks for the explaination much appreciated too.

[ultramarine]

I have had 3 types of AF so to speak, SVT AF and Flutter, I will know more when I have my follow up discussion, originally SVT was diagnosed although it was difficult to diagnose on its own even with seeing an EP, it did eventually gather momentum and AF was then captured along with SVT and flutter, so although it is a separate condition its still related to AF.

With those short bursts you are experiencing this also happened to me, but unfortunately they behaved themselves during a holter monitor, I suggest you write out any episodes regardless of calling them anything, eg duration 2 slow and one fast ect. and take your pulse rate. I benefited with monitor of my own called alivecore on my phone, but for you its early days to suggest that. I wouldn't be overly concerned about the tag that is put onto it at this stage.

[Advice1 in reply to ultramarine]

hi ultramarine hope all goes well for you .

I really appreciated your

time on answering my question and thanks for the explaination

i will take your advice on on recording episodes ,i agree to normaly happen when not on a 24 holter!

Good luck and good health

[Japaholic]

Get an alivecor/Kardia portable monitor. They help catch any weirdness. I had a run 12 months after ablation which I thought was AF, was able to catch it with my monitor, cardio told me it was just a lot of ectopic coming together.

[Advice1 in reply to Japaholic]

Hi japaholic

that is interesting on the ectopic beats ,thanks

for your kind advice i will look into that moniter too.