Hi,
I wonder if forum members can help me with something I haven't found an answer to on the net. And that is - what an average interval is between bouts of PVCs. My own experience is as follows. I'm 61, male, and reasonably fit and 2 years ago I went through about two weeks of getting worryingly high kevels of PVCs - I'm guessing a couple of thousand a day. I did some research, bought some magnesium supplements and they went away on their own. In between times, I've had the odd fluttery session but nothing to cause me major stress. So far so good.
Then last week the PVCs came back with a vengeance. This time I was referred to a cardiologist and am currently undergoing tests - EKG - normal, stress test - normal, the holter monitor goes on tomorrow - if it had been on today it would have had a field day...but now, at the time of writing the PVCs have stopped. There was a 3 hour sessiom this morning, a semi-break through the afternoon, and then earlier this evening they were up to about 12 -15 a minute for more than an hour. But now - nothing - it's like the movie Zulu. ''Yes, sergeant, what is it?' 'It's the Zulus sir. They've gone!' But you just sense they're going to be back again -with reinforcements...
So my question is -what is an average interval between 'episodes' of PVCs, and within those episodes, what are the interval between 'bouts'. As I say, my episodic interval has been 2 years, and then on average in this episode it's been every couple of days, about 3 to 4 'bad' sessions a day.
Thans for taking the trouble to read...