aurora75
06-03-08, 16:22
I posted this on Health Worries, but thought I'd just share it in here as well.
From a page from London Cardiac Institute, I found this:
"One of the most common causes of palpitation is the skipping of the heartbeat that occurs from extra beats or extra systoles. Most of the time these are simply beats from a secondary pacemaker in the heart that create irregularity in the pulse that feels unusual. The heart is otherwise normal, and the beats themselves are of no significant consequence. Usually a test is performed normal as an echocardiogram to verify that the heart is structurally normal.
The heart has a single dominant pacemaker called the sinus node. There are several sites within the heart that are additional pacemakers that at times can be overactive. These sites can produce skipped beats that may occur as infrequently as 50 times a day, or as often as thousands of times a day."
From that I can read that when I get the extra beats bad, I get them infrequently!!! :roflmao:
And yes an EKG is enough to tell that you're ok! :roflmao: (again)
aurora75
From a page from London Cardiac Institute, I found this:
"One of the most common causes of palpitation is the skipping of the heartbeat that occurs from extra beats or extra systoles. Most of the time these are simply beats from a secondary pacemaker in the heart that create irregularity in the pulse that feels unusual. The heart is otherwise normal, and the beats themselves are of no significant consequence. Usually a test is performed normal as an echocardiogram to verify that the heart is structurally normal.
The heart has a single dominant pacemaker called the sinus node. There are several sites within the heart that are additional pacemakers that at times can be overactive. These sites can produce skipped beats that may occur as infrequently as 50 times a day, or as often as thousands of times a day."
From that I can read that when I get the extra beats bad, I get them infrequently!!! :roflmao:
And yes an EKG is enough to tell that you're ok! :roflmao: (again)
aurora75