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Went in on Monday to the cardiologist for our second appointment, mailed in our holter Tuesday, and the cardiologist received it today and gave me a call today with the findings.
In a 24 hour period:
ZERO VPCs!!!
13,000 APCs, spiked during periods of excitement/stress.
His lowest heart rate was 36 BPM during sleep, and highest at 240 BPM when we walked down a street with cats walking about and barking dogs.
Longest pause was 2.9 seconds, during sleep.
Longest run of irregular beats was 27 beats, when he was excited for a walk.
Basically, when he's excited, stressed, ect., he has an elevated heart rate and in turn, a spike in irregular beats. But even when he's relaxed and sleeping he has APCs. The cardiologist says it's not DCM, nothing to medicate yet, but as long as we test regularly and frequently, we'll be able to catch it before it gets serious. The plan is to recheck EKG and Echo in 6 months, holter in one year, and watch out for symptoms, ect. His abnormal heart beats started up sometime between Feb. 2010 and March 2011, but nothing has worsened really since March 2011 and Sept. 2011.
In a 24 hour period:
ZERO VPCs!!!
13,000 APCs, spiked during periods of excitement/stress.
His lowest heart rate was 36 BPM during sleep, and highest at 240 BPM when we walked down a street with cats walking about and barking dogs.
Longest pause was 2.9 seconds, during sleep.
Longest run of irregular beats was 27 beats, when he was excited for a walk.
Basically, when he's excited, stressed, ect., he has an elevated heart rate and in turn, a spike in irregular beats. But even when he's relaxed and sleeping he has APCs. The cardiologist says it's not DCM, nothing to medicate yet, but as long as we test regularly and frequently, we'll be able to catch it before it gets serious. The plan is to recheck EKG and Echo in 6 months, holter in one year, and watch out for symptoms, ect. His abnormal heart beats started up sometime between Feb. 2010 and March 2011, but nothing has worsened really since March 2011 and Sept. 2011.