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OH WOW!! Looking good

He's probably referring to a study by the Cleveland Clinic from awhile ago. It's important to note the specifics of that study, though. The people who were more likely to have a cardiac event ONLY had frequent PVCs during the recovery phase. None during the beginning/ramp up and none during.

Essentially, if you get them at other times, too, the study found you'd be at no greater risk than anyone else. Hope that helps.

As for why that is? I don't know that they were able to offer any hypotheses about that, other than when they looked at all the people in the study and their PVC patterns and who had event and who didn't, it was those with 7+ per minute during recovery ONLY that were more likely to have an event.

Now go exercise. Did you see the newish picture I posted? I'm gettin' there.

Jeff,
I have a question that I seen on Medhelp, a woman posted a question to a doc about PVC's and exercise...he told her that if PVC's happen in the recovery stage of exercise that cardiac events could happen?? I get PVC's and PAC's during and after exercise....so yeah, kind of worried now

Hi Erik -

The dangers are pretty low when it comes to ablations in general. Nothing is risk free, but keep in mind that all the people that are helped and cured through ablation never come back to the web to share their stories - they're off living life. So as you research, you'll tend to see the adverse selection of people who are miserable or who didn't have a successful ablation.

While you doctor may not be able to pinpoint exactly where the ectopic foci are, by looking at the ECG he/she usually can determine the general vicinity of those cells, just based on what's known about the progression of the electrochemical signal through the heart's chambers causing contraction.

And success rates depend on the type of arrhythmia being treated, the experience of the doctor performing the procedure, all of those kinds of things you'd expect.

Keep tabs on it, and let us know how things go.

hey Jeff, I was reading a post of yours where you mentioned the common progression is PVC, trigeminy, bigeminy, couplets, triplets, vtac, then you get an ablation...
have you had an ablation? i'm starting to get a lot of couplets now, and i'm wondering if eventually i'm going to need an ablation, how many people has it worked for and how many people have had it basically not do that much for?

oh, and i did speak with a doc about an ablation which he mentioned is possible, but for me he's guessing that the ectopic foci group of cells might be in an area of the heart that is a little risky for an ablation of course this isn't for sure, but that sucks to hear.

anyway, kinda a vague question, but thanks in advance!
Erik

Hi Jeff, I saw your article about Aloe Vera for arrhythmia. I've had the same problems for 10 years and all the doctors I've seen told me that I'm 100 % healthy and I don't have to bother myself with this, just take the pills they gave me when I have simptoms. Now I can tell you that 9 months ago I took 1qt. of aloe gel, drinking it twice a day for 1 month, and since then I'm back to normal life. So, I think you can spend many hours on searching engines trying to find qualified answers for aloe vera use, without being satisfied. It's your choice. By the way, I became a distributor for the american company that produces the stabilized aloe gel, I have a website where I sell the products and ,of course, it's optimized for search engines. I raise a cup of aloe gel to your health. Cheers!

Hi Jeff, Aloe Vera gel worked for me.

hey Jeff, can I use my Trig & bigeminy pics you have posted in the glossary? I want to put them in my medhelp picture gallery with links back to here

Jeff, yet again well done running over 5 miles as you do is great and you are inspiring me to start pounding the pavements once more. I agree it's more in the head than the heart where the issues lie . I have not ran for one year since I wound up the the ER after my bout of thuds that took my breath away ! I will do it soon as I to feel more positive having lost weight and doing regular exercise , just need a little more positive thinking then I'm on it I'll keep you posted when I do run!

i've had these dang things for 15 years and have always excersized anyway. my heart always feels better when it's in good shape. exercise is THE miracle drug for everything. might not cure it but can go a long ways in helping.