Worried: Anyone have ectopics and shortness of breath?

[DRGPS51]

I went to the ER with shortness of breath & palpitations and was diagnosed with bigeminy. They ran all the tests, including blood work (normal), EKG, Echo, chest x-ray. From what I'm reading here, most people with ectopics don't have shortness of breath, so I'm wondering what that means for me, prognosis, etc. I'll be seeing my primary doc on Tuesday, but I'm so anxious, I was hoping to find a situation closer to mine and see what treatments worked.

[Cookie1344]

Because bigeminy is frequent PVCs they can cause shortness of breath too, rather then the odd ectopic. Bigeminy is the pattern in which they pop up. Ive been getting episodes of bigeminy recently after months of isolated ectopics and can sometimes feel abit drained from them x

[DRGPS51 in reply to Cookie1344]

Thank you. Helpful to know bigeminy is the pattern of ectopics and that shortness of breath can occur along with them. Do you know the underlying cause or what triggers them for you? I'm wondering if they can go away on their own. How are you managing it?

[vagg50]

hello I too went to A.E with fast heart rate, shortness of breath .ECG was just SVT Ectopic were found on holter. I was short of breath until I was started on bisoprolol few days later. It controlled my heart rate and shortness of breath. before that it was terrible. I could not stand up or talk . al routine activities were sending my heart rate up with runs of ectopics