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What are premature ventricular contractions?

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Dr. Michael Sinclair answered

Specializes in Family Medicine

Early heart beats: Pvcs, are contractions of the large pumping chambers of your heart that occur before the top half of the heart signals the bottom half it is time to contract. Some people feel them, some don't. They can be harmless or they can be the first warning of an impending heart attack. If you have them, you need to be evaluated by your doc esp if you have risk factors, high bp, high chol, smoker, fam hx, .

Answered 7/25/2014

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PVCs: Premature ventricular contractions are basically extra beats originating from the ventricle-the lower chambers of the heart. Occuring in singles or couplets are usually benign.

Answered 3/2/2013

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See below : Premature ventricular contractions or PVCs for short are extra beats from the lower chambers of the heart - the ventricles. Symptoms include skip beats and/or palpitations.

Answered 10/18/2015

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Do I have heart disease if having premature ventricular contractions?

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