Do heart PVCs increase mortality risk?

[bitconcerned]

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Due to overuse/stimulation of SNS?

I was at the gym this weekend and overheard guys talking about this. I too have had palpations from time to time, so I always thought it was anxiety, no biggie. But then I googled 'PVCs and resting heart' and found a "Prognostic risk of mortality from over driven symph. nerv. sys.". Now I'm worried too like they were after saying them not to worry.


These guys were older in their 50s but still my anxiety, that may need meds isn't my idea of calming it. I always thought you can try yoga or tai chi or meditation, etc. before meds. But now I'm thinking it needs to be stopped sooner, than these non-med things can control. I had a physical done last year and even had a chest pain evaluated with an echo and a stress ecg (and a regular ecg). All were fine other than a resting Echo report of -- dyastolic dysfunction fx: abnormal, L. vent. EF of 60-65% and a wall thickness: mild local IVS hypertrophy and mild (have no idea as to "how" mild), biatrial enlargement (another thing to worry about? but I do lift/do cardio daily, so this may be athlete's heart development?).

He said all was good but should I see him again?

At night and rest, I get these weirds palps or beats on my left side as I lay to bed and even daily at rest. During workouts I'm ok, but if I think about them I can sometimes feel them. When I'm nervous they really are felt.

Ok, just wanted to put this out there in general. I told the gym guys they were nuts to worry, as I felt them too, but now I research they MAY be a problem starting early?

Thanks for your advice.

Also, do PVCs cause anxiety or does anxiety cause PVCs? Also, are PACs clinically as significant?

 

[drdavemd]

I'd hesitate to get too much into specifics, because I don't want to be giving medical, advice without the benefit of a proper doctor/patient relationship.

 

[BlackNDecker]

I'd hesitate to get too much into specifics, because I don't want to be giving medical, advice without the benefit of a proper doctor/patient relationship.

Then don't. Even the poster's screenname screams trouble. run. away. now.

You really shouldn't be answering these types of questions on the interwebs...especially when you've conveniently provided full name and place of employment should legal problems arise.🙄

 

[bitconcerned]

Thanks for replying. The study I read said, that basically these "adrenalin release chemicals, etc. tax the heart or arteries (stiffen ventricles/cause plaque, etc.) from all the anxiety driven chemicals released".

So basically this kind of says, those with high anxiety are able to tax and wear the cardiovascular system of the body faster/more, than a calm person. If PVCs arise from chemicals from anxiety states, thus it makes sense that they cause damage and so can increase cardiovascular mortality risk alone.

Summation is thus, increased anxiety directly increases heart risk and so mortality risk too, correct? (even using common sense or logic, it seems true, that this would be the case)

 

[howelljolly]

what?

 

[J-Rad]

Here's some non-medical advice for the OP: be an empowered patient. If you feel that your concerns have not been adequately addressed by your treating physician then, by all means, request that further details a/o explanations be given. Clearly, you have been left with questions; however I cannot see how asking random strangers on the internet with varying degrees of educational background is better than requesting of your physician a better explanation. Doctors frequently do a poor job of communicating the whats and whys of their recommended treatment/evaluation (or non-treatment/evaluation) plan. It is OK and you should feel encouraged to ask for clarification or further reassurance. As has been stated before, SDN, by policy, is not for medical advice (which you have inappropriately asked for). But just as a matter of common sense, it is just plain foolish to ask for medical advice here when you could be an active participant in your own healthcare and health education in forming a more communicative relationship with your own doctor. I think you will find a surprising amount of openness to patient questions in the physician community; but if you happen to have the misfortune of encountering one (physician) who is not open to that type of dialogue, then you also have every right to move on to someone you feel appropriate-and who is qualified to assist you (i.e. not the posters on an internet chat site)

 

[yaah]

SDN is not intended for medical advice or patient consultation. Consult a physician. Closing this thread.