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Managing and Living With PACs and PVCs

Heart Rhythm Conditions | Last Active: Dec 1 8:09am | Replies (209)

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@jlchasse

I have them daily almost all day long and I feel like they control my life. I had afib a year ago and had an ablation but then the PACs started and they have been getting worse and worse. It’s easy for the docs to say don’t worry about them because they don’t feel them. They exhaust me and totally disrupt my life

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My EP made me wear something called a Zio patch. It is like a mini EKG device that is sticks onto your chest right above your heart. Some folks prefer to stick it on themselves while I simply have the pros do it. You can't shower for the first 24 hours and it will itch a bit over the day. You wear it anywhere from 24 hours to almost two weeks. I wore on this past June and last month. It records every beat, heart rate, etc and is very sensitive.

My results were that I had normal sinus rhythm with PACs around 3.5% of total heart beats and PVCs were well less than 1%. My EP told me that there was nothing to worry about even if the PAC burden of 3.5% hit 5-8%. I guess they call a burden of 3.5% "occasional" and since they are PACs, they are not really treated.