mitral valve prolapse - Heart Disorders Message Board

rc1975 · 12-25-2005, 12:03 PM

i have had mvp for about 10 yrs that i know of, im now 31. the other day i went out for a few drinks and about a few hrs later i had bad palps and i was getting sharp chest pain on and off for about an hr that was pretty scary. any else get this after drinking alchool? i jogged the tradmill for a 1/2 hr at 3.0 speed today and felt fine so hopefully its not heart diesease.

started04 · 12-27-2005, 09:55 AM

i jogged the tradmill for a 1/2 hr at 3.0 speed today and felt fine so hopefully its not heart diesease.

I don't believe a 3.0 treadmill speed is sufficient to exclude angina. I fast walk at 3.6. A 3.0 speed is the beginning speed on stress test (treadmill). Are sure the speed is 3.0 and not 4.0? The 3.0 is very liitle exertion!

rc1975 · 12-27-2005, 05:10 PM

when i do 3.0 my heart rate is at 160 so i dont really want to go faster. but whenmy heart rate is that high i have no pain

started04 · 12-28-2005, 09:53 AM

It is true, you don't want to exceed a heart rate higher than what is acceptable to your age and condition.

But I don't believe your treadmill is accurately calibrated. There are 10 treadmills where I exercise, and all are properly calibrated and maintained. A 3.0 is a walk calibration and 4.0 is a low reading for a jog.

Your system is compensating and may be over compensating with a 160 HR, however, I don't blieve eschemia (heart artery blockage) can be ruled out. I have a totally blocked LAD with a collateral-vessel natural bypass, and I have no angina. I experience fatique when the treadmill is inclined. At 3.6 my HR reaches 126. For you to read 160 at 3.0 is puzzling!