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Heart Rhythm Conditions | Last Active: Oct 31, 2019 | Replies (18)
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That's weird that your doc had that reaction to missed beats. I was told that missed beats are very serious because the blood stagnates in one ventricle and forms clots which can break loose when the heart starts beating regular again and then they can cause strokes. The ER doctor didn't mess around when I went in for my tachycardia. He put me on blood thinners and told me I'd be on them for the rest of my life. Every doctor I've seen since then has said the same thing. Missed beats are nothing to mess around with.
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Missed beats, palpitations, fluttering sensations may or may not be serious and may or may not need to be treated. For many years I had palpitations on an infrequent basis and skipped beats. As time went on, things changed . Holter monitor picked up atrial tachycardia. Told you could treat or not treat or take magnesium. 6 months later, symptoms became frequent, annoyingly and unnervingly persistent. This time the holter monitor picked up ventricular tachycardia. Cardiologists jump to attention when that shows up. And that needs to be treated . Sometimes with a betablocker and sometimes with a calcium channel blocker. I take metoprolol.
Moral of the story, if you are experiencing any of the above always have it checked out.