SVTs - from holter monitor results anyone have?

i just wore a holter monitor for 48 hours and my doctor called and said it's bottom line normal sinus rhymn but what i'm feeling are pvcs and some 2 second SVTs.  he said that this is common in people feeling these "skipped beats".  he said just take the beta blocker i'm on and nothing else to do.  no need to see a cardiologist.  i feel worried though cause bfore i was told it was only anxiety.  now i feel like there could be another reason for my once in awhile racing heart and these skipped beats. 

anyone deal with this and what have you been told? 

ugh

 

my doctor says i do not have an arrihthmia.  i asked him twice.  hmmmm.  he also said it's not brough on by stress or anxiety.  i read otherwise online in lots of places. 

Hazel,

In general PVCs and PACs are not harmful.  If one could be considered more potentially dangerous I suppose it would have to be PVCs, which if present in persons with heart disease may indicate the need for treatment. I do not remember you having any dx of heart disease.

People, on average, with normal healthy hearts and benign PVC's/PAC's develop other serious conditions  no different from the public in general.  There is no data that individuals with PVCs or PACs are at higher risk for developing serious health problems. Remember I am not a physician.

PVCs and PACs along with short runs of PACS are a type of arrhythmia to the best of my knowledge.  Occasional arrhythmias are normal.

Great input from CrohnieToo. Hope you can decrease your worries about the outcome of your Holter Monitor results.

Kindly,

Kitt

SVT becomes a problem when it happens often, lasts a long time, or causes symptoms. SVT also is called paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia (PSVT) or paroxysmal atrial tachycardia (PAT). Paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia (PSVT) is an occasional rapid heart rate. "Paroxysmal" means from time to time.

Supraventricular tachycardia (SVT) is any tachycardic rhythm originating above the ventricular tissue. Atrial fibrillation is the most common type of supraventricular tachycardia. Paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia is most common among young people and is more unpleasant than dangerous. It is frequently observed in anxious young people and in those who are physically fatigued, consume large amounts of coffee, use alcohol or smoke heavily.

Supraventricular tachycardia is any tachycardic rhythm originating above the ventricular tissue. This is in contrast to the potentially deadlier ventricular tachycardias, which are rapid rhythms that originate within the ventricular tissue or atrioventricular (AV) node. Supra means above.