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I was just told that I was having an extra heartbeat about 33% of the time and I was asymptomatic. I wore a Halter monitor several times and had stress tests and echocardiograms on multiple occasions. Nothing else was diagnosed and I was told that my heart was structurally sound. Nobody ever used the term PVC until after the pacemaker.
As for the bradycardia, that had been going on for quite a while. The original reason I saw a cardiologist was that I had an extremely low heart rate in 2006 while in the hospital for gallbladder surgery. The lightheadedness started occurring more frequently about a year ago. In September I attended a football game in 90 degree weather and spent half the game in the first aid center as I almost passed out. My heart rate was 28 and my blood pressure was 90 over something. After being iced down my numbers returned to normal.
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Wow, that must have been frightening. The extra beat would have been a PVC I’m guessing. They’re usually referred to as extra beats. Maybe you had a high number of them which also may have contributed to a low hr as they’re really more of a half beat.
My husband has had an ablation for AF and hasn’t had an episode since. That was 2.5 years ago.
I have AF but low rate. I’m also on eliquis. It wouldn’t be causing any fatigue unless you have a bleed somewhere. Your doctor should be doing regular iron tests on you to make sure your iron levels are ok as internal bleeding is often masked and hard to see (such as bowel cancer).
My advice is to stick with the eliquis if you’re having AF as you’re at a much higher risk of a stroke. Because the atria is not pumping properly, blood can pool in the appendage which comes off the atria. When it pools, it clots. Then the clot has a chance of going to the brain causing a stroke. The incidence of strokes which are caused by AF is quite high relatively speaking. Many people don’t know they have AF until the stroke.