Question: I am a 54 year of female, non smoker, not overweight and never have been. I am 5 ft 6 and weigh 127 lbs. I have a history of SVT, PVC's, PAC's, and MVP and moderate regergetation. I have a yearly echo done on my heart and also have been on Tenormin 50 mg since the age of 20 for the SVT. I have worn many holter monitors, and a few event recorders. The event recorder is how I was diagnosed with SVT. I have been having skipping or double beating, whatever it is, I hate it and it scares me as it is different than the few PVC's and PAC's I have from time to time. I have told my heart dr about them, but he doesn't seem alarmed. I recently wore the holter monitor again, but it didn't seem to do the runs of five or whatever they are called. He thought maybe I was having atrial fib as I mentioned it seemed like it was just quivering and not really beating. I can feel it when it happens in my chest and if I hold my breath it does it for about 15 seconds before it will go back into the right rhythm. It did it again tonight after I went to bed, and I could feel it as I was feeling my pulse in my neck. It was like beat, beat, beat, beat, beat, instead of beat, pause, beat, pause. My heart rate wasn't up, but it was out of rhythm and it scares me because I am afraid it is atrial fib, or atrial flutter, or ventricular fib, or wolf parkinsons something, or whatever else could be dangerous and in runs of threes or fours, or more and the pauses are longer. I am afraid it is getting worse and not sure why this is happening. Do you think I need to worry or need to wear the event recorder since the holter didn't pick it up because it didn't do it while I was wearing it as I figured it wouldn't.

First, I wanted this question answered by a cardiology specialist which I paid for. I wasn't having a fast heart rate, it was quivering and was like back to back PVC's or like atrial fib. I am on tenormin as I mentioned and is 50 mg and have been on it since age 22. My thyroid has been checked numerous times and is fine.No feeling of urinating. It doesn't last that long, maybe 15 seconds. I am not talking about my SVT, only this skipping or quivering feeling and I can take my pulse and feel it and also feel when it goes back into normal rhythm.

I have had the stress test before and was fine. I am afraid of the EP study and how could that help atrial fib or ventricular fib, or atrial flutter or whatever the heck I am having. How would they induce me to have it since SVT doesn't bring it on?What about an event recorder to pick it up?
Do you think this is a serious thing if I choose not to have the ep study done?

If I have this EP study done, how would they get my heart to do this skipping thing, or atrial fib, whatever it is? Wouldn't they first have to see it to know what it was before doing the EP study? What do you think is dangerous if I don't have it done? Do you think it is atrial fib, or flutter or just back to back PVC's and PAC's?

Small electrodes will be placed directly onto your heart and electrical activities will be seen on different parts of your heart. Any aberration will be rectified by cautery. What is aberration and what do you mean it will be rectified by cautery. What is cautery? I also still don't understand how they will get my heart to have these skips being I don't have them everyday. Wouldn't I have to be having them a lot for they to see what it is doing. I know with SVT they can give you medicine to induce ur heart into a fast rate, but not the skipping or fluttering.