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PACs & PVCs at Night/Early Morning

Heart Rhythm Conditions | Last Active: Feb 8 3:09pm | Replies (10)

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@torrise Good! I hope you get support and some real answers. It helps to be "listened to" and my cardiologist is truly a good guy. When I asked him why he hadn't sent me to an electrophysiologist right in the beginning when I was diagnosed with A-fib, he said that while he understood where I was coming from, he had patients that would have been totally against an ablation--"I don't want anyone poking around in my heart"--or what if he had suggested that and then the outcome had been unsuccessful or there was a complication that made things worse. This ablation for me was my choice. He had very good points; I am one that would prefer ablation treatment to meds, but that is not for everyone. Then I pointed out that from all my research, not all EPs are the same and that getting a very good one is essential. He totally agreed with me; told me he sent me to the best one in his system and that they were lucky to have snagged him from another hospital. He also told me that there were others in his system that he would never send any of his patients to! Now that is honesty and I appreciate that. As a nurse, I saw great docs and then some that were not so hot! He also doesn't blow me off because I look things up and advocate for myself. So I hope you won't hesitate to ask for helpful suggestions; you have a right to a good night's sleep!

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EP are really good if you have electrical problems. The are cardiologist with special training and experience in electrical function of heart. I had a lot of test done by my EP and have had a ICD/Pacemaker since 2006.

I had on ablation done many years ago on RV and stopped PVCs there. I started having increased ones in the LV but my EP said he would rather try medications first before even considering an ablation in LV.

He first put me on 400 mg of magnesium which helped but was started to have some issues with non sustained tachycardia and PVCs were still there. So EP put me on Mexiletine which really help stop the non sustained tachycardia and also reduced my PVCs and PACs dramatically.

So they can really helped with electrical issues not just ablations but other ways to treat PVCs PACs.