Thank you so very much. I just was diagnosed with this via and ECG and am waiting on further tests at the end of the month. I have cried a river with fear and this was so interesting to watch to give my mind a little reassurance
So Professor, no truth to the old tale that my Granny told me when I was a kid. She said that every person's heart is only allocated a certain number of heartbeats for a lifetime, once those beats are expended then that life ends. Every extra "ectopic" beat would use up a finite resource. But of course it was just a tale, maybe just her way of explaining people's passing on.
If you want to look at it that way then technically it would be a wash because the extra beat causes the heart to stop for 1 beat and then reset which is usually what is felt by the person because the ectopic beat isn't strong enough to empty the heart chamber so extra blood enters the chamber and the next reset beat is typically harder to push the extra blood out which is what most of us feel. Also, if granny was right athletes and active would die quicker as they usually elevate their heart beat much more than a sedentary person throughout their life. Beta blockers would be the fountain of youth...lol
A couple to a few are normal but they usually won't address anything under 1-5% of your total beats and will generally call them benign under 10% which in my opinion is insane as they clearly have no idea how mentally debilitating they can be.
when a holter (continuous) ecg monitor is worn, up to 100 ventricular ectopic beats within that 24 hr period can be considered normal. Having said that, there are some other nuances, such as the QTc as well as symptoms during these episodes, that needs to be taken into account, so it's not as straight forward as pure numbers of ectopics. Hope this helps
Thank you so very much. I just was diagnosed with this via and ECG and am waiting on further tests at the end of the month.
I have cried a river with fear and this was so interesting to watch to give my mind a little reassurance
Great concise video with an easy to understand explanation - Thanks
Thank you for this. I have ectopic beats that are benign, this helped me to better understand the mechanics behind it.
You mentioned bundle branch block. My husband and his brother both have one of those. Your videos are very informative.
So Professor, no truth to the old tale that my Granny told me when I was a kid. She said that every person's heart is only allocated a certain number of heartbeats for a lifetime, once those beats are expended then that life ends.
Every extra "ectopic" beat would use up a finite resource. But of course it was just a tale, maybe just her way of explaining people's passing on.
If you want to look at it that way then technically it would be a wash because the extra beat causes the heart to stop for 1 beat and then reset which is usually what is felt by the person because the ectopic beat isn't strong enough to empty the heart chamber so extra blood enters the chamber and the next reset beat is typically harder to push the extra blood out which is what most of us feel.
Also, if granny was right athletes and active would die quicker as they usually elevate their heart beat much more than a sedentary person throughout their life. Beta blockers would be the fountain of youth...lol
What frequency is considered normal in 24hrs??
A couple to a few are normal but they usually won't address anything under 1-5% of your total beats and will generally call them benign under 10% which in my opinion is insane as they clearly have no idea how mentally debilitating they can be.
when a holter (continuous) ecg monitor is worn, up to 100 ventricular ectopic beats within that 24 hr period can be considered normal. Having said that, there are some other nuances, such as the QTc as well as symptoms during these episodes, that needs to be taken into account, so it's not as straight forward as pure numbers of ectopics. Hope this helps