Kardia message: Sinus Rhythm with Supraventricular Ectopy.

[Samazeuilh2]

I have just had a (for me) new Kardia message “Sinus Rhythm with Supraventricular Ectopy”. I have not had this message before; however, I have had the message “Sinus Rhythm with Premature Ventricular Contractions” fairly often in the past (although not for over a month). I wondered if anyone could clarify the difference and, if possible, comment on the possible significance.

[sassy59]

Send the result to your cardiologist if you have one and see what he says. Otherwise to arrhythmia nurse or GP.

[Samazeuilh2 in reply to sassy59]

I sent it off to an arrhythmia nurse who sees nothing suspicious. Thanks for the reply.

[Samazeuilh2]

Thanks for your reply. I don’t think it’s a tachycardia as it’s quite slow (about 58bpm).

[Buffafly]

PVCs are ectopics from the ventricles, PACs are ectopics from the atria.

[Samazeuilh2 in reply to Buffafly]

Thanks for replying.

[mjames1]

Just ectopic beats. Quite common even in the non afib population. In and of itself, nothing to be concerned about.

Jim

[Samazeuilh2 in reply to mjames1]

Yes, it’s just that this was a new message for me. I haven’t had it for the last free days however.

[Ppiman]

No significance so breathe easy. Most ectopic beats originate from cells in the ventricles (PVC), I gather (rogue cells that randomly start acting like a pacemaker cell) but about 1% originate in the atria (PAC).

As I got fed up with paying a tenner each month to Kardia and its limited diagnostic ability, I bought myself a Wellue AI ECG monitor recently which allows a much longer ECG to be read (up to 24 hours). It showed very many of the ectopic beats from both chambers of the heart but mostly PVCs, as expected.

I was told that the ectopic beats are generally not of any consequence if the heart itself is structurally sound.

Steve

[Samazeuilh2 in reply to Ppiman]

I’m going to have a look at the Wellue monitor which I didn’t know had this capability.

[Ppiman]

Let me know if you get one and what you think. I got mine with an extra 15% discount direct from the company online, and paid just under £170.00 if I recall, which is well under the UK Amazon price, for example.

It works exceptionally well, but, unlike the Kardia, it does require two electrodes to sit on your chest while it works. These can the ones supplied on an elasticated chest strap. which works well but always feels a bit loose on me, or by using two adhesive ECG pads, which also come in the pack (sufficient for four readings, but they are inexpensive to buy more from Amazon).

Again, unlike the Kardia or Apple Watch, the results can't be immediately viewed on a mobile phone. Instead, they are stored in a small USB-type memory stick which comes with the kit and which has to be plugged into a computer, such as a laptop, one that is running the Wellue ECG app or program. This can be an Apple Mac or Windows 10 / 11 machine. The software then uploads and sends your recording to Wellue's own PC *in the cloud". After a maximum of 30 minutes, but usually only after a few minutes, the results come back to your own PC as an Adobe PDF file which can be read, saved, emailed to your docotr or printed out.

The detail and clarity of the results is astonishing, even though it is produced not by a person but by a computer using Artificial Intelligence. Altogether, the product is most impressive.

Steve

[Samazeuilh2 in reply to Ppiman]

Very interesting. I’ll try to get one from the company.

[Ppiman in reply to Samazeuilh2]

I’m sorry for the several typos. I hope you made your way through them okay. I’m still recovering from a minor op a week ago and it tells!

Steve

[Samazeuilh2 in reply to Ppiman]

I didn’t even notice any! Hope you feel better from the op soon.