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PVCs Normal?

My 17 year old son is having chest pain, shortness of breath and his heart rate going up over 100 and irregular.  He's been to 2 cardiologists and had CT scans, Echos,a Stress test, an MRI,a drug screen and a Thyroid profile and nothing shows any abnormalities.  The 2nd cardiologist said that this is normal but his father passed away at the ge of 36 and had his first heart attack when he was 28, They didn't do an autopsy but the death certiricate said coronary artery disease. It is hard for me to believe that this is normal for a 17 year old boy.  Any suggestions?
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1465650 tn?1316231160
I would definitely be getting a 3rd and 4th opinion about this just to be on the safe side, especially when his father passed away at an early age.

Good Luck

Jan
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do the doctors know tht his father passed away at such a young age, is the heart disease hereditary?

i would take him to a and e personally to be safe, we re told if we have irregular heart beats to see a doctor asap, as for the chest pain this could be down to anxiety and he does have all the symptoms of anxiety, but id go to the doctors to be safe.

im saying this because his father passed away young i hope everything goes ok
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