4 beat run of vtach

[AbnormalHR]

Just got the results of my event monitor recordings. The only thing that stood out was a four beat run of what looked like vtach.  Can someone tell me if this is serious?  Now they want to do a cardiac MRI.  I remember recording that episode.  It felt like an extra long flutter.  After all these years of drs. telling me these PVCs are harmless, now this.  I know that vtach isn't harmless.   I've had these episodes in the past too.  Can anyone shed some light on this?  

[Mom2four85]

My holter showed a few 3-5 beat runs, but nothing major wrong.  It's still confusing to me after almost 2 years to know no test picked up anything serious except the amount of pvc's I was having.

I'm still trying to wrap my mind around how I went from you're faking it, it's anxiety, stress,  to a few thousand pvc's daily to 50,000 daily and then I went into long runs of Polymorphic VT and my heart stopped...How does one go from pvc's one minute that are benign to malignant the next? no doctor has been able to tell me that.  

I know there are some who have Monomorphic VT that isn't dangerous but can be serious...and there are those of us whose hearts have stopped during surgery who don't have P-VT or defibrillators implanted.  What determines that, what in our makeup or genetics tips the scale into that 5% malignant arrhythmia end...(probably <1% if you account for the ones with heart disease) what tests can show dr's?

I had no long runs before my EP & ablation, the only thing that showed anything was an EKG in the ER in July 2009 that showed multifocal pvc's - which aren't always dangerous, my stress test showed some abnormalities the dr's don't understand and my Tilt table test 2 hours before my ablation showed when I faint I have no palpable pulse and my bp tanks; which I'm told is due to ANS dysfunction and extremely rare for it to be connected to arrhythmia's.

Either there was something there before that doctors missed that was very important or I'm just a 1 in a quadrillion case... I'm still looking for those answers. I had an RF ablation in August 2009 and a pacemaker/icd implanted....pvc's returned after, started having pac's and psvt as well as daily runs of NSVT.

here's some info on VT/NSVT a doctor here gave me; hopefully this helps some: http://www.medhelp.org/user_journals/show/284968/Ventricular-Tachycardia-VT---Vtach?personal_page_id=861727

[pvcchris]

I have runs of NVST that range between 7 and 18 beats (i also get a bunch of PVCs).  Im on 120mg Diltiazem and it kinda works.  But my EP said that the NSVT is still nothing to be overly worried about.  As long as if doesn't turn into sustained v-tach its ok.  I agree with lisa, get an mri with contrast.  GOOD LUCK AND DON'T LET IT GET YOU DOWN!  Your alive and it may get frustrating at times, but just remember to keep your chin up :)  Ask as many question as you can when you see your doctors.  It always feels better when your informed.  

[Mom2four85]

keep on searching until you find the answers...I have so many questions still after almost 2 years after tons of testing and different doctors no closer to any answers.

I would do the C-Mri it may yield some answers for you.

[twinbee]

I suffered from V-tach for a few years before I had my ablation. A 4 beat run is really not considered dangerous at all. That is considered Non-sustained v-tach. My v-tach runs were 30+ beat runs, and I would usually pass out during them. What I had was considered sustained v-tach, and I was told this type of v-tach can be dangerous if left untreated. I am assuming that you already see a cardiologist since you were on a monitor. Good Luck. Wishing you well, and wishing you enough...

[kbug1013]

When I was working for an MD, We had a young lady that was having syncope and flutters. We did an event monitor on her. She was having a 14 beat run of VTach. The Dr that I worked for just put her on a Beta-Blocker and she did fine in her situation. However, I would still see the cardiologist for peace of mind.

i hope this has helped