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Originally Posted by zjnea ... I wore a holter monitor which showed sinus tachycardia and only showed 12 PVCs during that 24 hour period. ... Right now I can barely make it a minute without having to stop and am often winded from just carrying my kids. |
Did you get Summary and Detail Reports showing the results of your Holter by hour, and for the full 24 hours? If you did, how much of the time, during the Holter, was your heart in tachycardia? What were some of the other findings on the Holter Report?
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The echo cardiogram was normal with trivial mitral regurgitation, trivial pulmonary insufficiency.
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The Echo comes with a report that shows important measurements of the heart. Did you get the report? Were all measurements within expected ranges?
The Pulmonary Insufficiency may give you a clue as to what might be happening. During the period of time that you were taking the Echo, you experienced "trivial" pulmonary insufficiency, which can cause breathing problems when worse. Your pulmonary insufficiency might be worse during the times that you feel "winded" and fatigued/tired.
You know that you have a problem with both your Mitral valve and your Pulmonary Valve, plus you are showing significant symptoms of Tachycardia and Dyspnea.
You need to find a medication that reduces your heart rate. Do you monitor your blood pressure at home? How do you know that you have low blood pressure all day long? Do you get higher blood pressure at night? How about late at night? If your blood pressure is too low, it might be because your heart is not beating effectively. If you do indeed have low blood pressure, you need to find a medication that slows the heart, while not lowering the blood pressure.
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