Originally Posted by
countrygirl
hope this helps a week ago a very good cardiologist told me that ectopic heartbeats are a normal variation in the heart rythm and not classed as a problem at all although he agreed that they are not nice even though they are harmless and he stressed that worrying about them will always make them happen more often as the vagus nerve is very sensitive to anxiety hormones - I knew this!!!!!!!!
He also said that if you don't actually faint/black out then variation in heartbeat is rarely harmful.
I have had ectopics for over 20 yrs and I so understand what you are saying they are so horrible and scary but they are NOT harmful.