One Quick Question: What are PVCs (Premature Ventricular Contractions)?

What are PVCs? Health Ed Solutions lead instructor Mark Dzwonkiewicz gives a quick and easy breakdown of what a Premature Ventricular Contraction is and how to discern PVCs on an EKG / ECG reading. Mark goes into detail about the types of PVCs such as Monomorphic PVCs and Polymorphic PVCs. He also explains the difference between Multifocal PVCs and Unifocal PVCs. Thanks for watching and stay tuned for more lessons in our "One Quick Question" series.
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[@RichardM-sq6ur]

Always on the $$$ Mark! Excellent job!

[@taylorhenrich4682]

Short and simple, love the videos!!!

[@gregfam6250]

Thank you I was just doing my annual revision on this! Short and sweet🙂

[@HealthEdSolutions]

Thank you Greg for the feedback! We are glad you found the lesson helpful :)

[@annalizadime]

agree. :)

[@kholi1240]

@@HealthEdSolutions are PVC and PAC are normal ??

[@mombeaux2220]

Excellent explanation

[@ewanosowa-jankowicz7726]

Dziękuję. Video jest bardzo przydatne.

[@sinclair657]

Thank you

[@mmaman6931]

Thanks, do you have a comprehensive series explaining basic concepts like these on ECGs? Great work btw.

[@HealthEdSolutions]

Great question. We actually do. We have an Arrhythmia Interpretation course that we plan to launch soon - this will cover the basics of ecg interpretation and include video training. In addition, there will be a more advanced 12-lead ECG course as well. We are rolling out a ton of videos on here over the next few years. Currently working on designing a new website as well which will feature all this content and more for free. Stay tuned! Thanks for watching :)

[@mmaman6931]

@@HealthEdSolutions that's brilliant, it really makes it easy that you've put this on TH-cam. I will await these videos then.

[@rvp1686]

Thank you....

[@HealthEdSolutions]

You're welcome!

[@nerowolf6623]

Thank you doctor. I have an ecg machine, i have pvc for the last 40 years, but i get less than 10 per day, however i cought shingles three weeks ago and the numbers of pvc have increased dramatically to one every 2 minutes. Do you think the shingles virus is the cause of this increase? On the ecg machine tracing the pvc happens just after a normal t wave, the pvc present itself as a wide negative wave followed by a buried p wave and a wide qrs followed by a long gap then a normal beat. Would you know which ventricles this pvc originate from? Echo is normal Thank you for your help.

[@michaelthau1007]

Hi doctor
Great video.
I was having what I thought was skipped beats.
Saw a cardiologist he gave me a ekg, echocardiogram, both were normal ejection fraction 60%
Did blood work all good, wore a ziopatch for 2 weeks showed rare pvcs and pacs less than 1%
My doctor says since your heart is structural normal, and no dangerous rhythms, don't worry about it there benign, he said everyone gets pvcs, and with that percentage they will not damage your heart
Starting feeling them a year ago im 51 now, and feel them more when I dont sleep very good.
Are pvcs that common? And benign with a structural normal heart?
Thank you doctor
God bless
Michael

[@stevenscottoddballz]

Why do my PVCs sometime make me cough? Why do they sometimes HURT? If this is an indication of a diseased heart, why are my Primary & my Cardiologist saying PVCs are normal? I am confused.

[@MsLadyBluesWorld]

Right. Since I changed my eating habits I seem to get more.

[@waleedalnaser512]

Very good

[@user-ou9yq1bp1r]

Hello, when to treat PVC by medication ? how much percentage they should be in 24 h holter to treat them by medication ?

[@HealthEdSolutions]

This would be a question for your doctor:). Each patient is different. Thanks for watching!

[@johnnyflores1978]

I had a sinus arrhythmia show up on my ekg i feel the extra beats

[@iampuzzleman282]

So PVC is a problem or not? What if they go on for quite a while like days?

[@sei1318]

If it’s rare then no. If there’s an increase in frequency then yes.