Cardiology question regarding pauses on holter monitor scan? are those pvcs?

Don't know: Can't tell without looking at the rhythm. They might be pvc's, pac's, or pauses due to conduction abnormalities of the heart.

Maybe: Hard to say from your description. Pauses can occur due to pvcs, pacs, av block, sinus arrhythmia, sinus arrest, sa exit block, af with slow response, etc. You'll have to review the holter with your doctor.

PVC's: Pvc's are early, extra beats. They can be followed by a slight pause as the heart beat "resets.". However, some pauses are caused by failure to conduct, which can be a much more serious condition. You should follow-up with your cardiologist to determine which kind of pauses you have.

Difft types of pause: Paues on a holter could be from sinus arrest or av block. Usually pauses greater than three seconds require evaluation. A pause after a PVC or pac is considered a compensatory pause and not worrisome unless the retrograde activity back to the atria suppresses the sinus node and causes a prolonged sinus node recovery time.

Not necessarily: Small pauses are normal following pacs & pvcs. Talk to physician about if that's what it is (benign) or something else.

No: Pauses mean that there is a delay between a normal beat and the next beat. This is not the same as having a premature contraction.

Pauses are not beats: Pauses noted on holter rhythm monitoring usually follow an early extra beats, which can be a PVC or a pac. The natural pacemaker or sa node is trained to compensate for early beats by inserting a pause to reset the next beat to normal timing. Pauses themselves are not felt, but the next normal beat can be experienced as a palpitation on the chest.

Holter pause: It depends but typically when we refer to pauses we talk about sinus pauses . However PVC s can also be described as having a compensatory pause. I think if it was PVC s on your holter then that will be the term they would refer to it and not pauses.

Holter: No. PVC's are skipped beats with a compensatory pause . When we refer to long pauses mean that the electricity of the heart takes longer to transmit the impulse.

Need to see: I would need to see the holder strips. After a PVC, the sinus node resets but pauses can be different. Without seeing the strip, I cannot say for sure.

Pauses on Holter: On a Holter monitor, only pauses greater than or equal to 2.5 seconds are significant. If these are present we look for anything that can cause this and is not then consider placement of a permanent pacemaker.

PVC: A pause is not a pcv. A pause is failure to capture or to conduct a depolarization. A PVC is a premature ventricular contraction. This means that heart depolarizes from the ventricle without the conduction coming from the atria.

No: pauses are significant on a monitor if they are of 3 or more seconds in duration. now if you have pvc's on your monitor, there may be a small compensatory pause which usually is longer than the regular heart beat rate. so be careful not to confuse pauses with pvcs compensatory pauses.