What Causes Strong Ventricular Contractions While At Rest?

Posted on Tue, 10 Feb 2015

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Tue, 10 Feb 2015 Answered on

Thu, 12 Mar 2015 Last reviewed on

Question : strong ventricular contraction at rest,

Answered by Dr. Noble Zachariah (15 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
Likely to be a ventricular ectopic

Detailed Answer:
Hello,
Welcome to HCM and thanks for your query.
A strong ventricular contraction is a ventricular ectopic.
Majority are benign.
If you have done an EKG or a Holter monitoring, you may upload the tracing and I shall give my opinion .
Best wishes

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