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When my heart rate gets to 170 i get alot of pvcs like every 3-4 beats. i have them at rest, not a lot though. neg ecg,echo, nuclear stress test... ?

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Dr. Stuart Hickerson
Dr. Stuart Hickersonanswered
Family Medicine 32 years experience
PVC: Consider taking Mag Glcycinate 400mg two times daily and see if you notice any improvement in the PVC's.
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Dr. Donald Colantino
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Internal Medicine 61 years experience
PVC's: It is often felt that benign PVC's vanish during exercise and rapid heart rates. I am concerned that your ventricular irritability appears then and I wonder how much ventricular irritability occurred during your stress test. For peace of mind I recommend a consultation with an EP specialist. Your physician or cardiologist can recommend one. Bring results of tests including strips taken during stre
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