What Do My Heart Monitor Readings Indicate?

Posted on Mon, 1 Dec 2014

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Mon, 1 Dec 2014 Answered on

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Question : I recently wore a heart monitor for 24 hours. I learned that I experienced over 800 premature ventricular contractions in a 24 hour period. What does this mean? Am I at risk? What intervention is appropriate?

Answered by Dr. Benard Shehu (55 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
Concerning...further diagnostic tests advised...

Detailed Answer:
Hi,

I have gone through your medical history carefully and I find the 800+ premature ventricular contractions in a 24 hour period very concerning. If you were my patient I'd ask to run :
- cardiac echo
- stress test

for further and immediate evaluation. In this way, I'd rule out valvular or coronary artery disease.

Hope it was of help!
Dr.Benard

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar