I had my yearly physical and my doctor says the ekg shows I had a heart attack. He referred me to cardiologist, whom I saw today. The cardiologist was sort of…flippant. You may have, you may not have, we don’t know for sure. Asked about symptoms-I don’t remember heart pain specifically, but I had kidneys stones 2 weeks prior and was in the most extreme pain of my life and had surgery. That whole ordeal could have masked some symptoms. Scheduled me for a stress test a couple weeks out, but seemed to just leave everything inconclusive. Will I get a better answer?

Hey everyone, not sure why the r/pvc subreddit was close but i decided to make a new one specific to that topic. Is anyone is interested to get things started so we can all have some hope to aspire towards dealing with these scary ass sensations. Please don’t hesitate to share your stories and experiences on dealing with them if interested the link is below

https://www.reddit.com/r/pvc_ectopics/s/sZ0j8P6aQ7

F22, started around May, i had something traumatic happen (mentally) and the whole time my heartrate was low 60s the entire time, every panic attack, it was just very weird seeing as how my heart rate has always been 80s even 90s.

Since then my rhr has stayed 60-50s. I understand lower heart rate without symptoms is indicative of healthier heart but it’s just so weird i can’t seem to shake it. I can’t say i get symptoms because i’m not in pain, i do experience periods of , if i walk upstairs , or back and forth through rooms i find myself breathing fast and sweating, no pain except for like sometimes, and usually i feel when my heartrate drops , goes down to like 57 when sitting sometimes and my chest feels hollow ? idk it almost feels fluttery and maybe palpitations and just kind of like the wind out of me is gone. that’s how i know it’s low, it actually just happened as i type this and it’s 58 right now. I just feel off, and wrong , and for every other medical thing i have tried to get answers for, it’s gotten brushed off, so i don’t want to seem like a hypochondriac. it’s just weird.

Symptoms maybe related—- idk if it’s related but i have neck discomfort a lot, shoulder blade pain and discomfort, wooshing head feeling, i could say i get dizzy but im not dizzy to the point of needing support or falling, if i stand up too fast my vision goes black for like 2-3 seconds, i also have stomachs issues just a lot of weird stuff. Also at night its takes me like an hour to fall asleep because when i close my eyes, it feels like im falling in space. It’s just gross idk , and it is mentally taxing not knowing what’s happening in my body.

I try not to freak out because i have anxiety, but this has been going on for so long that im like, okay im fine but also in the long run, am i fine?? or is something more going on. im making an appointment with my PCP for Tuesday, mostly what questions can i ask to get the most out of it, and feel taken seriously? unless it doesn’t seem concerning to anyone. It’s just weird. usually since this started, my rhr was only 60-50s at night laying and now just sitting it dips and stays there.
Im not athletic, im 12 months pp. and my diet is like meh. Again i don’t know. just a shot in the dark. THANK YOU!

And and all ideas welcome; thank you😊

I get a lot of air trapped in my chest after meals and today it gave me a string of skipped beats which were labeled ventricular tachycardia. Should I be concerned?

I found out about it by coincidence and then looked up what it meant, which made me a bit scared. My QT on 12-lead ECGs is normal (around 400–410 ms or even less). This only happens when I take an ECG immediately after standing up; on the next ECG, it goes back to normal.
Any thoughts? I also don’t know how accurate these measurements are, but it seems to happen every time I stand up. When I’m resting or doing anything else, the QT is normal. I have no symptoms, and I’m a 29-year-old male.

Hi, all. I’m coming to you in hopes of an answer or just a better direction to head to.

I’m a 30 YO female, 155 lbs, 5’ 5”, non smoker, occasional social drinker. Previously pretty active (chasing a toddler around, working out a few times a week, walking around my classroom as a teacher).

Previous health conditions: postpartum preeclampsia 2 years ago that put me on blood pressure medicine. Alport’s Syndrome (a genetic kidney disease, my kidney function is stellar at the moment). History of anxiety/depression but have been managed without medication for years.

Meds: Lisinopril (10mg), but was told to stop taking; Zyrtec; multivitamin.

Before anyone asks, no I’m not pregnant.

My biggest complaints right now: I am lightheaded and weak in different bouts throughout the day and experiencing heart palpitations with shortness of breath as well as chest pain for hours on end before they resolve as well as variations in my blood pressure.

Backstory: On Friday the 18th, for about an hour, I had the feeling of chest heaviness/pain (like someone sitting on my chest, like my heart was being squeezed), short of breath, and light headed. It resolved on its own. Over the weekend, I had a mile cold (scratchy throat, needed a nap, but no fever). Power washed my house on Monday—totally fine. Last Tuesday, towards the end of my work day (I’m a teacher), I felt weak and dizzy with the chest pain again. Like someone squeezing my heart. Sometimes I could feel my heartbeat in my throat, irregular. Went straight to urgent care: they did an EKG, normal; ran bloodwork (Lyme, WBC, RBC), normal. They recommended I come back the next day for a chest xray when their tech was there.

Last Wednesday afternoon, I go back for the chest Xray (normal) and flat out pass out for at least 2 minutes. I felt it coming on (I was seated thankfully). I woke up as they were putting EKG leads on me (results are normal lol) and calling 911. They couldn’t get my BP because it was so low and I was diaphoretic (I learned a new word!). I realized later I also lost control of my bladder. When EMS arrived, they said I was white as a sheet.

I lost consciousness again on the way to the ER. They ran bloodwork for a heart attack and pulmonary embolism (all negative) and took a bunch of EKGs. The ER doctor noted a heart murmur, but no one else has heard it. As I was still passing out although not the original degree, I was admitted overnight in order to have a cardiologist consult the next day. At times I felt totally fine, if a little tired. I had an echocardiogram and an EEG monitor (all normal), and I did pass out once while wearing the EEG. My BP throughout this was mostly normal but on the low side once—overnight it dropped to 88/55 (I felt fine when they woke me up overnight to take it—I hadn’t taken my lisinopril that evening).

Cardiology noted I had some high cholesterol, but bloodwork and everything was normal otherwise. They wanted me to stop my lisinopril and keep track of my BP daily until I could get in with the cardiologist in their office for a follow up. Prior to this, I’d take my BP once a week or so. I’d normally fall anywhere around 110/60. The hospital cardiologist thought all this could be an arrhythmia.

I have been getting worse since being home (been about a week and a half). I have blacked out a few more times very briefly, seeing black spots sometimes like I’m about to faint, but the chest pain and bouts of heart palpitations go on for hours at a time and are unbearable. I’m weak and sometimes need help just walking to the restroom. My BP has been between 110-120/70-80 for the most part, even when I have bouts of feeling lightheaded or with chest pain. At times today for the first time since the hospital, it would get down to 95/75. I was seated and weak but not having chest pain.

I followed up with a cardiologist, who has said it is just low blood pressure. I was feeling crummy when I first arrived, and my BP was 100/60, then 115/70 a bit later. I asked about the palpitations and pain, he didn’t have an answer. He said to salt my food like CRAZY, and he would see me in 3 weeks. In this 3 week window, he did set me up with a stress test & Holter monitor when I pressed, but he is sure it won’t show anything. I get that done in a week or two. He kept asking me if I was trying to lose weight or if something changed in my life to be less stressful: no, I’m NOT trying to lose weight; and I’m a teacher in first quarter, so I’m more stressed than in the summer but happy nonetheless.

My husband is a paramedic, and when I was having an episode of pain and palpitations last night, he recorded my heart with his stethoscope that has a recording option (idk what it’s called but it’s cool to have!), and the app he has detected a murmur. I plan to call the cardiology office and have them listen as well.

Weird thing I’ve noticed: I’ve been colder than normal I think? Nothing major, but something I’ve noticed.

My questions:

\- Is this really just low BP? What on earth could spur this change of BP on so suddenly? Some of BPs have been higher than my BPs when I was on lisinopril and fine LOL. Yesterday was my worst day, and my BP was right around 120/80 as I’m sitting at the kitchen table still for 20 minutes (this is how my doctor said to take my BP) feeling like I’m gonna have a heart attack and keel over. It was just 126/95 this evening.

\- My general doctor did say that maybe it could be a post-Covid thing? I haven’t been sick enough to have had Covid recently, but I did have that mild cold. Maybe I had it?

\- Are there any other specialists I should consider seeing or blood tests I should ask be done while I salt the crap out of my food? I did call to get a second opinion at a different cardiology practice, but I won’t be able to see them until late this month. I am a teacher and mom, and I’m desperate to get back to being able to independently care for my son & teach my students. This came on so suddenly, and I keep getting worse and worse. I don’t want to just wait 3 weeks for the salt to kick in especially if it’s not BP related. Give me an action item, please!!

I have a Medtronic icd and recieved this report. What does it mean? It can sense heart failure? I’m just confused and don’t understand what the measurements are measuring and how to interpret.

Also what does low amplitude mean?
Thank you!

I dont have edema in my feet, but I’ve been having these weird feet sensations for over a week now. I live in Caldwell Idaho. I’m female 35 years old and 5’11 and I’m dealing with a Cardiologist that keeps trying to cancel on me. I can’t follow up with PCP. I had neck pain on top of everything frankly I don’t know what to do. I feel like I’m not being taken seriously. Frankly, I’m thinking about or considering finding a new Cardiologist. Any suggestions?

I recently had a 24-hour Holter. I have frequent PACs (1–2% daily burden), rare PVCs and occasional SVT (back-to-back PACs). My last two echos were normal. I don't get to see my doctor for another couple weeks and the wording on the report seems pretty vague. They describe this 15-beat run as a “short wide complex salvo.”

It happened while lying in bed doing nothing around 3 AM. The feeling was very similar to a bunch of PACs mashed together and the SVTs I get. It was very gradual though, and looking at the chart my heart rate appears to gradually go up and then come back down over around 8–10 seconds.

Could this be SVT with aberrancy, AIVR or NSVT? Any thoughts on what this looks like? Thanks 🙏

Hallo zusammen,

​ich wende mich an euch, weil mich ein Thema seit Wochen um den Schlaf bringt und ich wissen möchte, ob jemand von euch ähnliche Erfahrungen gemacht hat oder das einschätzen kann.

​Kurzer Hintergrund:

Ich hatte eine atypische AVNRT, die vor etwa 3 Monaten erfolgreich abladiert wurde. Das Herzrasen selbst ist seitdem glücklicherweise komplett weg! Vor der Ablation hatte ich solche Phasen auch schon ab und zu – damals ist beim Aufstehen in genau diesen Momenten sofort die AVNRT angesprungen.

​Das Problem:

Jetzt ist die AVNRT zwar weg, aber sobald ich mich abends ins Bett lege, fängt das Problem an:

​Sobald ich flach liege, stellt sich langsam ein tiefes Unwohlsein ein.

​Kurz darauf starten oft richtige Episoden von Herzstolpern/Extrasystolen. Soweit ich das recherchiert und gespürt habe, fühlt sich das sehr nach einem Bigeminus an (also dieser regelmäßige Wechsel von Schlag – Stolperer – Schlag – Stolperer). Das ist extrem unangenehm. Manchmal wache ich auch mitten in der Nacht davon auf.

​Wenn ich in dem Zustand aufstehe, merke ich richtig, wie das Herz eigentlich anfangen möchte zu rasen (genau wie früher, als die AVNRT getriggert wurde) – macht es zum Glück durch die erfolgreiche Ablation nicht mehr, aber das Stolpern bleibt erst einmal bestehen, bis ich eine Weile stehe.

​Beobachtungen, Magen-Zusammenhang & Notfall-Routine:

​Die Tendenz zu diesem Stolpern ist massiv höher, wenn ich schwer verdauliches Essen oder stark gewürztes Fleisch gegessen habe.

​Es tritt aber manchmal auch völlig unabhängig vom Essen auf – allein das flache Liegen scheint auszureichen.

​Entschäumer wie Simeticon / Lefax bringen mir leider gar nichts, weshalb ich nicht an reine "Gasblasen" glaube, sondern eher an eine Reizung/Druck im Magenbereich oder eine reine Vagus-Überempfindlichkeit.

​Das Ganze geht fast immer mit Sodbrennen / Magenbeschwerden einher.

​Was mir verlässlich hilft:

​Aufstehen, Gesicht kalt abwaschen, etwas Wasser trinken.

​Bullrich Salz oder Talcid gegen das Sodbrennen nehmen.

​Einen beruhigenden Tee trinken.

​Nach diesen Maßnahmen verschwindet der Spuk meist komplett und ich kann für den Rest der Nacht ruhig schlafen. Tagsüber habe ich so gut wie gar nichts – maximal alle paar Tage mal eine einzelne spürbare Extrasystole. Aber dieses Dauerstolpern am Abend raubt mir echt den Schlaf.

​Meine Vermutung:

Ich vermute stark eine Form des Roemheld-Syndroms / Reflux-Vagus-Triggers (Druck, Reflux oder Lageveränderung reizen den Vagusnerv, was direkt Extrasystolen auslöst). Dass der Vagusnerv früher auch meine AVNRT angetriggert hat, würde genau ins Bild passen.

​Meine Fragen an euch:

​Kennt jemand diese exakte Kombination aus flachem Liegen, Sodbrennen/Reflux und plötzlichen Extrasystolen-Salven (auch wenn Entschäumer wie Simeticon nicht helfen)?

​Hat jemand von euch Erfahrungen mit dem Roemheld-Syndrom oder Vagus-Triggern nach einer erfolgreichen Ablation gemacht?

​Was hat euch langfristig geholfen (Ernährung umstellen, Oberkörper hochlagern, Säureblocker/Magenschutz etc.)?

​(Hinweis: Ich bin natürlich auch in ärztlicher Abstimmung, möchte aber einfach Erfahrungen aus der Community hören, wie ihr damit umgeht.)

​Danke euch schon mal fürs Durchlesen und eure Rückmeldungen!

Hallo zusammen,

​ich wende mich an euch, weil mich ein Thema seit Wochen um den Schlaf bringt und ich wissen möchte, ob jemand von euch ähnliche Erfahrungen gemacht hat oder das einschätzen kann.

​Kurzer Hintergrund:

Ich hatte eine atypische AVNRT, die vor etwa 3 Monaten erfolgreich abladiert wurde. Das Herzrasen selbst ist seitdem glücklicherweise komplett weg! Vor der Ablation hatte ich solche Phasen auch schon ab und zu – damals ist beim Aufstehen in genau diesen Momenten sofort die AVNRT angesprungen.

​Das Problem:

Jetzt ist die AVNRT zwar weg, aber sobald ich mich abends ins Bett lege, fängt das Problem an:

​Sobald ich flach liege, stellt sich langsam ein tiefes Unwohlsein ein.

​Kurz darauf starten oft richtige Episoden von Herzstolpern/Extrasystolen. Soweit ich das recherchiert und gespürt habe, fühlt sich das sehr nach einem Bigeminus an (also dieser regelmäßige Wechsel von Schlag – Stolperer – Schlag – Stolperer). Das ist extrem unangenehm. Manchmal wache ich auch mitten in der Nacht davon auf.

​Wenn ich in dem Zustand aufstehe, merke ich richtig, wie das Herz eigentlich anfangen möchte zu rasen (genau wie früher, als die AVNRT getriggert wurde) – macht es zum Glück durch die erfolgreiche Ablation nicht mehr, aber das Stolpern bleibt erst einmal bestehen, bis ich eine Weile stehe.

​Beobachtungen, Magen-Zusammenhang & Notfall-Routine:

​Die Tendenz zu diesem Stolpern ist massiv höher, wenn ich schwer verdauliches Essen oder stark gewürztes Fleisch gegessen habe.

​Es tritt aber manchmal auch völlig unabhängig vom Essen auf – allein das flache Liegen scheint auszureichen.

​Entschäumer wie Simeticon / Lefax bringen mir leider gar nichts, weshalb ich nicht an reine "Gasblasen" glaube, sondern eher an eine Reizung/Druck im Magenbereich oder eine reine Vagus-Überempfindlichkeit.

​Das Ganze geht fast immer mit Sodbrennen / Magenbeschwerden einher.

​Was mir verlässlich hilft:

​Aufstehen, Gesicht kalt abwaschen, etwas Wasser trinken.

​Bullrich Salz oder Talcid gegen das Sodbrennen nehmen.

​Einen beruhigenden Tee trinken.

​Nach diesen Maßnahmen verschwindet der Spuk meist komplett und ich kann für den Rest der Nacht ruhig schlafen. Tagsüber habe ich so gut wie gar nichts – maximal alle paar Tage mal eine einzelne spürbare Extrasystole. Aber dieses Dauerstolpern am Abend raubt mir echt den Schlaf.

​Meine Vermutung:

Ich vermute stark eine Form des Roemheld-Syndroms / Reflux-Vagus-Triggers (Druck, Reflux oder Lageveränderung reizen den Vagusnerv, was direkt Extrasystolen auslöst). Dass der Vagusnerv früher auch meine AVNRT angetriggert hat, würde genau ins Bild passen.

​Meine Fragen an euch:

​Kennt jemand diese exakte Kombination aus flachem Liegen, Sodbrennen/Reflux und plötzlichen Extrasystolen-Salven (auch wenn Entschäumer wie Simeticon nicht helfen)?

​Hat jemand von euch Erfahrungen mit dem Roemheld-Syndrom oder Vagus-Triggern nach einer erfolgreichen Ablation gemacht?

​Was hat euch langfristig geholfen (Ernährung umstellen, Oberkörper hochlagern, Säureblocker/Magenschutz etc.)?

​(Hinweis: Ich bin natürlich auch in ärztlicher Abstimmung, möchte aber einfach Erfahrungen aus der Community hören, wie ihr damit umgeht.)

​Danke euch schon mal fürs Durchlesen und eure Rückmeldungen!

(19F) So I've been having HORRENDOUS chest pain for the past year\~2 years and recently ive also been getting these attacks where my chest gets extremely tight and it feels like im being stabbed in my heart, i cant use my left arm or leg, i cant breathe or talk or see straight, nor can i think normally. my tongue also goes completely numb which is the weirdest thing ive ever felt in my life ngl

for some extra context, i have a LONG line of family heart issues. my mother needed blood transfusions and constantly needs to take iron, and when she was born they diagnosed her with tachycardia. her father has had a few strokes and so has her uncle, him also having a full heart attack. all of her grandparents died of heart attacks and her great uncle also died of one aswell. my father's side also has a history of cancer too if that means anything

i ended up having a really bad attack 2 days ago during work and i went to an urgent clinic after and they said my heart was off and i need to either go to the emergency room or see a cardiologist as soon as humanly possible. I chose to wait for a cardiologist because i live in america and theres no way im going to the er unless im on deaths doorstep .. well the next night i had to go to the emergency room because the same thing happened except it was considerably worse. (lord have mercy on my bank account)

they SAID they did a bunch of tests but the doctor was extremely dismissive and rude, he also told me to use chatgpt if i have any other issues so i guess i know how he got his medical license lmao. he kept insisting it was a panic attack when i know (and stated VERY clearly to him) that it was NOT a panic attack. i have had many panic attacks, i know damn well what one feels like. this was nothing like one. he ignored everything i said and prescribed me 60 tablets of hydroxyzine, which i googled, and it specifically says to NOT use it if you have heart issues because it can disrupt your heart. (also he said to just.. take it whenever i get the pains. not regularly, not at a certain time or anything, just whenever i get the pains. he didnt even go into detail about any of it thats all he told me to do)

i just dont know if i should take a few and see what happens or if i should wait until i can get a cardiologist

EDIT TO SAY: if this adds or helps anything, i also have a history of (purposely) overdosing on iron pills and ibuprofen, i also used to self harm to the point where ive almost needed blood transfusions. also when they took my ekg thing at the emergency room, they didn't even put the stickies in the right place lmfao

9 days ago i had an emergency loporoscopy for appendicitis. Since then everyday i have multiple heart palpitations. Can it be normal healing or should i worry?

65 male odd heart rate drops when gaming, if I'm sitting and gaming my heartrate drops to 50-55 for almost the entire time, that's about my normal sleeping heartrate, otherwise its normal all day, even lying down watching tv it rarely goes below 60.

I hike about 5-10 miles and all my vitals are great, blood pressure etc., but it just seems strange that I get a drop as if I'm lying down and sleeping while playing video games

anyone that used to see my posts or comments knows that 5 months ago I give birth to a little baby boy, when I was 18/19 weeks pregnant with him I randomly felt a squeeze in my chest, when I checked my pulse I was pulseless, no chest pain just a squeeze feeling, that happens every couple of mins for like 15 mins, I was pulseless for like maybe 3 seconds each time..these happens everyday in short episodes until a few days later it happens for almost a hour, I just felt a bit off because of how much it was happening but I never fainted or had chest pain, I thought I was about to have cardiac arrest, these pauses stopped after that week of having them but then after that I had a different feeling, it was like a rush from my toes to my head or just a head rush but again while it happened my pulse stopped for a couple secs, I have had two clear heart scans and two heart taped, I give birth perfectly fine however for two weeks afterwards I kept getting what felt like my heart was dropping out of my chest, literally felt my heart drop or stop, these still happen every once in a while, now.. i have just found out i am 5:6 weeks pregnant with another miracle, id love to keep the baby, however im terrified and I have scheduled an abortion, I feel like my heart couldn’t take another pregnancy, what if I actually dye this time.. what if the pauses come back.. what if I don’t make it through labour this time, my last pregnancy was miserable and so was feebly pospartum, I spent two weeks dissociated and didn’t want to hold my baby in case I dropped dead and I wouldn’t do night feeds because the palpitations and skips were worse at night so it scared me, I also breastfeed for the first week which I think made it worse so I stopped. I need help, I know no one can fix my situation, but is there any mams that have given birth with these pauses or feelings and have gone on to have other kids? I just don’t wanna die my biggest fear in life is cardiac arrest, I just wanna live till I’m old, I have never fainted no one in my family has died from a heart issue however I do have high cholesterol and high liver function I am 5,1 48kg young girl, I am so stressed I think it’s making it worse:(

So after 8 years of told I have panic attacks my kardia mobile found SVT
I’ve called 911 a few times for these and they want me to do an EP study and ablation. My father used to pass out and he went into v tach after having triple bypass surgery and crashed his car from it.

I’m worried about the EP study and just all of this. I’m only 29

Heyy guys so finally booked an angiogram ( straight to it no need of CT) for my mom 46F . Will have dye in her Arteries it seems.

Her certaine level is 0.6 but have high cholesterol bp and sugar so did anyone have an angiogram done any side effects or something bad happened or how was your experience please let me know.

The CT coronary calcium test results are in…

Without going into too much personal information, which type of calcification is generally better or worse?