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ISOLATED PACs with low resting heart rate

Heart Rhythm Conditions | Last Active: Apr 6 5:35pm | Replies (12)

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Summer is coming which for me means camping and lots of hiking...with the occasional beer. I dont want to be hiking a long trail and my heart go all wonkey on me 😔. Thats why im hoping for a doctor referral to a specialist to get this sorted out for me. In Canada all specialist have to be referred by family doctor, i cant just make an appointment by myself.

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@muppet7777 The EP and cardiologist will be most interested in how you feel when you suspect or know you have PACs going on. If you can tolerate them when their numbers are relatively few, then that eliminates any risk inherent in surgery, including catheter ablations. If you can tolerate them, very low anxiety, and you can sleep okay, they may not even try to put you an any drugs. This would be ideal. But if you begin to complain about how awful they are, they will be sympathetic and offer to intervene one way or another. So, while your numbers may be low-to-moderate for the 'burden', if you shrug and say that you're good, they are more likely to just ask to see you again in a year. But..................maybe by June you're advancing and now your burden has doubled, and you KNOW IT! Will either of those two people advance your yearly interview/assessment? Probably not...unless you are on a cancellation list.

I am in BC, so I know about our vaunted Canadian health care spasm.....I mean, system. It is excellent, among the best in the world....if you can get it. Across Canada, an 18 month wait to see an ortho for hip or knee. People working get priority, so the more aged/retirees are told they'll call you, not to call them. I'll say one thing for BC, though...they're cancer and cardiac services are top drawer and quite responsive.