Ectopic heartbeat

[Heartbeat8]

I have been diagnosed with ectopic heart beats. I am waiting for heart ablation treatment. I feel really ill with ectopics. Does anyone have the same severe discomfort.

[MichaelJH Heart Star]

Hello and welcome to the forum! I know an elderly lady who suffers from this. She feels quite poorly at times and is undergoing investigation. It can be useful to look at triggers. Stress is the main one although exercise and other health issues may play a part. Also foods like alcohol, caffeine, chocolate, etc. may also trigger episodes much like migraine. Good luck with the treatment!

[bantam12]

Yes I do but I'm told to just live with it !

On the 24 hour monitor I had them all day and night sometimes every other beat, bad ones make me feel really faint. I am seeing Cardio again next month but I'm not hopeful of any solution.

[Prada47]

Hello

I have Ectopic Beats and on a recent Holter monitor the Consultant noted. He has Fairly Frequent Ectopic beats, ( 1 in 3 and sometimes 1 in 5 ) which maybe is the source of his irregular heart rhythm, I have an appointment in February and the Consultant has asked for an Echocardiogram prior to seeing him. Last Echo was 40% EF with a widening QRS 136ms with an LBBB pattern on my ECG. I have had CABG and Stents it appears that my LAD and Circumflex Arteries are in reasonable condition my RCA is totally occluded with no viable options available !!! Current Medication is Candesartan at 32 mg and Bisoprolol 10mg which are both part of the treatment for Ectopic Beats and Irregular Heart Beat !!!! I do take the other cocktail as well Clopidrogel, Asprin, Statin, Furosemide, Eplerenone, Omeprazole, Isosorbide. It would be interesting to know what medication you are on for treatment.

Current Diagnosis is Mild/Moderate Heart Failure with Stage 3 on the NYAHA scale ?? Every time I see someone they talk about a pacing pacemaker, but time will tell.

Best Regards

[Prada47]

Well little did I know 3 weeks after my post I would have spent 36 hours in cardiology with you guessed it Ectopic Beats. It varied from 1 in 2 1 in 3 and the clincher for admittance was every other heart beat an ectopic for an hours duration. They really started to make me feel unwell and triggered a bout of fast heart beats. I had recently increased Bisoprolol from 7.5 to 10 mg and Candesartan from 16 to 32mg. In the Medical Assessment Unit the Consultant said to go back to 5 mg Bisoprolol, and when I moved on to Cardiology the junior Dr went tut tut stay at 10 mg, During my stay my BP was around 115/60ish with a pulse of avg 33 BP. So back to see the Heart Failure Nurse on Monday who should have access to the 24 hour ECG recording !! One thing I did learn ( well nearly ) is that during a bout of Ectopic beats the pulse is almost irrelevant, because it throws the BP monitor off the correct reading !! Hence Heart Rate was checked by the old fashioned fingers and watch method. So we will see next week who has sway, Heart Nurse and GP (close relationship ) or Junior Dr in Cardiology.

Prada

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