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Premature Ventricular Contractions...you get extra, out-of-timing beats in your ventricles. Many EPs don't want to tackle these, maybe because their records of success are poor and not improving. Better to not do the procedure if it stands a poor chance of success. Some, comparatively few, of the best EPs can fix these and do it routinely.

Left Bundle Branch Block, meaning the left ventricle's descending branch from the Bundle of His is not working properly, so you get an abnormal heart rhythm. It's not generally serious as many live with it....untreated. However, if it happens to be coincident with another potentially serious problem, it should be taken as a serious matter needing treatment. In your case, it may be that your PVCs are a sign that you need mechanical intervention if anti-arrhythmic drugs are not likely to work or are not indicated in the literature. It may mean a catheter ablation for you in the weeks/months ahead.

I had to google hypermobile interatrial septum. It's the thin wall between the two top chambers of the heart that keeps the two upper pumps closed off from one another and working to force blood through the valves below them. You don't want leaky pumps! In this case, hypermobility means that the septum wall itself moves more than it ought to, maybe because of a genetic abnormality or a random defect that has, with age, begun to be more problematic, or possibly so. It's good they detected it early. I'm sure it can be fixed, but maybe open-hart might be needed for that...again, I don't know.

That these conditions are known is a good sign your team is getting things right for your sake. It won't be fun waiting for your turn to have them addressed, but I think they're all manageable.

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I have no co-morbidities with my LBBB. EF between 35 -39% depending on the test. No; smoking, low and now no alcohol consumption, not obese, active lifestyle, no AFIB, no elevated blood pressure averages 98/62 resting and heart rate is 58-62 resting on average. Cholesterol was slightly elevated but I corrected that with diet, now normal. I have no plaque in my arteries-anywhere, no valve problems, no diabetes, my left ventricle isn't balloon shaped and is of ordinary size and thickness, no aneurysms in heart or arteries. What is the problem? I am constantly dizzy and have PVCs that I only notice when I get the throbbing, ring around my temple to temple headache, and nausea. This happens when walking, gardening, biking, at cardio rehab on the bike, and most anxiety causing, while resting, watching golf or reading a book. Then I get out the KardiaMobile and take my ECG it I have PVCs, various waves Q and R heart rate is anywhere from 50 to 90 jumping around like a trampoline. My cardiologist says these infrequent PVCs are normal and told me she doesn't need to see me for a year. I am frankly skeptical of this assessment.