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Are Runs Of PVC's Dangerous?

Just Wondering, today i felt a flip flop in my chest for a good 2 seconds, by the time i got to my pulse, i did feel a pause, but i could not tell if there was a regular beat in there or not.  But i had no other symptoms.  No light headed ness or dizzyness or anything.  Any cause for concern?  

fyi, i am on meds, verapamil 240mg a day, which has brought my pvc's down from 6600 to 10~100 a day.  I usually get these flip flops once a week, but it would never be more than one.  So im doubting if it was 2 in a row or not
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1147530 tn?1314821596
I get many flip-flops which I have described to my cardiologist and my EP and they both looked and reacted unconcerned, while to me it's a major event.  Even though it lasts a few seconds, it's a very unsettling sensation.  My cardio last said, as many on this site have pointed out, it may pvc's and depending on when the extra beat happens and the volume of blood in your heart at that moment, it gives a more intense feeling, hence the flip-flop sensation.  I received the same explanation for the singular hard thumps I get as well. So just based on the responses, no one seemed very concerned about my flip-flops or hard thumps.  Ultimately, if there are no additional symptoms with the flop-flops, they treat it as benign.
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so basically, i have no symptoms besides the flip flop, ie no fainting, passing out, no dizzyness or light headedness ect.  Past holter monitors and EKG's have come up with nothing wrong with my heart beat.  

I have nothing to worry about?
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967168 tn?1477584489
there's another post about pvc's and nsvt that has quite a few answers and info in it - you may want to read it;

NSVT or non sustained ventricular tachycardia can be benign or point to something else depending on where it originates inside the heart and if you have any structural problems. A cardiologist or EP would be able to figure that out with a full cardiac workup and give you an accurate answer.

Here's a thread for VT and PVC's from one of the doctor's here: http://www.medhelp.org/posts/Heart-Disease/Idiopathic-Ventricular-Tachycardia-Ablation/show/1327314

"The runs of VT are non-sustained and very slow and very unlikely to cause any serious problems. Because your heart function is normal there really isn't any danger from having the VT runs."

"The only thing worth assessing is the number of PVC's in a 24 hour period.  If it's greater than 15% of all the heart beats than there is a small risk of developing a PVC induced cardiomyopathy.  We typically don't ablate PVC's unless they are symptomatic (such as in your case) or if they are very numerous (great than 15%)."

"The VT isn't ablated unless it's sustained or very symptomatic with episodes of passing out or nearly passing out.  Sometimes it's difficult to induce the VT in the lab but becasue the PVCs typically look like the VT we sometimes go after them."

You should talk to a cardiologist and get it checked out if it does happen again.
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well is NSVT bad, is it something dangerous?
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995271 tn?1463924259
I don't think even a cardiologist could give you an answer without seeing this on an EKG strip.    worst case it's NSVT, NSVT is a run of PVCs > 3 in a row and lasting < 30 seconds.  But who knows.  It could have been all sorts of stuff.
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