A member asked:

Are pvcs as scary as they might feel dangerous considering you have no underlying heart disease and a normal eko ? been gettin quite a few.

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Dr. Ibrahim Moussa answered

Specializes in Internal Medicine - Cardiology

Not really: Sometimes stress, electrolyte abnormalities, lack of sleep can cause frequent pvcs. They are not uncommon in otherwise healthy subjects but most people do not feel them.

Answered 10/3/2015

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Dr. Gerald Neuberg answered

Specializes in Cardiology

Not dangerous: No pvcs aren't dangerous without heart disease. Everybody has some. Just scary whether felt as skips or extra beats. Skips are from an unfelt extra beat followed after a short delay by the next normal beat , which is more forceful and also exagerrated by a sense of emptiness in the noticeable delay.

Answered 7/21/2013

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