Normal, Skipped, or Irregular Heart Beats
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- Your heart can get out of rhythm. Dr. Gregory Marcus explores why the heart may beat too slowly or too fast, or in a disorganized or chaotic manner. Some of these different types of arrhythmias can be dangerous if not properly treated, while others may be annoying but are not life-threatening. Find out how to tell the difference. Recorded on 12/04/2018. [2/2019] [Show ID: 34162]
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0:00 Introduction
2:04 Normal Sinus Rhythm
3:55 Normal Heart Rate?
6:33 What determines the heart rate?
6:42 The autonomic nervous system
17:15 Why does scar tissue form in the conduction system?
18:34 When do we treat slow or blocked
21:08 Skipped Beats
21:29 Premature Atrial Contractions
25:09 Premature Ventricular Contractions
31:18 How do you know if the heart is "weak"?
31:49 EP Study and Catheter Ablation
33:37 Catheter Ablation (of a PAC or atrial tachycardia)
35:31 Ventricular Tachycardia AKA "VT"
39:07 Prevention/ Treatment of VF
40:14 Implantable Cardioverter- Defibrillator (ICD)
45:11 Back to Symptomatic Arrhythmias: Supraventricular Tachycardia (SVT)
50:04 Catheter Ablation can cure a "REAL" SVT about 95% of the time
50:30 Wolff-Parkinson-White (WPW)
56:17 Risk Factors for Atrial Fibrillation
57:09 Symptoms of Atrial Fibrillation
58:55 Atrial Fibrillation and Stroke
59:11 Goals of Treating Atrial Fibrillation
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The Doctor's grid shirt is just perfect to have an ECG waveform drawn on it. 💓,📈
Everyone that worries about ectopics and palpitations should watch this to get a better understanding about the heart rather than watching endless videos by anxiety coaches and tormenting themselves with what ifs and procrastination. No.1, visit your GP, get a second opinion or even a third. No.2, get stress test and echocardiogram. If all is okay then No.3, get on with your life. Keep off the internet. If you can spend hours watching anxiety videos you can spend hours exercising, eating well and relaxing!
Agree. Also consider drugs that you're given where the doctor can't possibly know all the possible side effects. My story below.
I started with a new doctor in the summer of 2,000. His protocol is to have your BP checked at each visit. First visit I present with 140/90. So he prescribes Metoprolol. My blood pressure doesn't change after 2 weeks. I tell him, he says, keep taking it, it'll kick in. It didn't.
What DID kick in was an erratic heart beat. Lasted a few hours. one a week and getting stronger,, STRONG beats as if my heart was going to explode,,, and more erratic. I go to emerge. They hook me up, diagnose Atrial Fiblilation, they do something with the intravenous line, my heart settles down and I'm discharged. That's it. No, consult yout doctor about this, see a cardiologist etc. just let me go.
But I go to see my doctor after 6 weks of this, after going to emerge 5 times and he dismisses my feeling that the Metropolol had anything to do with it.
Another visit to emerge and I see him the next day without an appointment. He gets exasperated and grabs his big drug book, looks and finds, under rare, but possible side effect, ARRYTHMIA. He looks at me, smiles, shoves the book towards me and walks out the door.
This story lasts for 3 plus years but of course I stopped the Metoprolol. The AF went away. But as I had a BP machine, I noted that my BP was getting even higher. So after being free of AF for several weeks, I took ONE Met pill and within 2 seconds I had an episode like no other. I called 911 and was peomptly hooked up, as I had been for many months, many times.
But this time, whatever they do, wasn't working. The doctor said, "give him another hit" she did but it just got worse. I was tols that the AF was spilling into other chambers of my heart. I was also asked, if I felt any pain. To their amazement, I didn't.
However, I offered them the observation that an Ativan sometimes would abort an attack. So they gave me 2 and within a minute or so, the pounding stopped. Maybe the adrenalin was contributing to the AF/ It's a scary thing to be experiencing.
Since taking that ONE pill, after a time of avoiding it, the AF came back with a vengeance despite not ever taking any Metoprolol, ever again.
I was offered a pacemaker, no thanks, I was offered drugs, no thanks because that doctor was unaware that there are two kinds of AF, one vagally mediated and one adrenergically mediated. Sometimes both factors are in play. But you have to know which is dominant before you know what drugs to try.
So, I was on my own. This was over 20 years ago, I had a new computer and there was the Internet. So I began my research. I learned a lot about the heart and I also learned that medicine hasn't got any permanent solutions, let alone an actual CURE,, not just treatments.
As I went from website to website, I found that the comments sections were very informative. People who, like me, were trying to find a solution.
I came across a piece written by an electrical engineer who had some higher learning of chemistry. As I read, one thing popped up. Defficiency in minerals, Notably, magnesiun, and potassium.
Magnesium is essential for some 300 biochemical processes in the body. Most people are mineral defficient, including magnesium.
Also, magnesium is essential for muscle contraction and nerve conduction. There it was. The AV node is the biological microchip that times the various chambers of the heart to contract and relax. Nerve conduction.
And of course, the muscle is the most stressed and continuously functioning muscle of all the muscles. Every single second of your day and your heart works, HARD.
If you cut a piece of heart tissue from a living heart, that piece would contract at some 70 beats per minute, untill all the cells died. Each cell has this timing function.
So if you're in a coma, this is what keeps you alive.
But when you need lots of blood flow to your muscles, fight or flight, the adrenaline kicks in to raise your heart rate to do that job.
When the danger is over, your vagal nervous system kicks in to lower your heart rate.
Three control mechanisms that control your heart's function. HOWEVER, when you take a drug like Metoprolol, it's a beta-blocker and this drug lowers your heart rate, even when you need a highr rate such as fight or flight. No more jogging for you, me lad.
So your heart has been given a BRAKE, as in a cars brakes. Imagine if the brakes on your car were dragging. You'd kill your gas mileage, STRESS and wear out your engine, and need a brake job and tire change far more often than otherwise.
The same thing happens with a pacemaker. I'm sure they have their place to save a failing heart but wait, maybe that heart has a drug hurting it? A drug meant for something else? Maybe that heart isn't getting enough magnesium?
I can't help but wonder if it's not AF that's killing people prematurely, but the DRUGS, or the pacemakers?
I titrated 250 mg of a multiple magnesium product, in stages over the span of a number of weeks. By the 3rd week, my AF attacks slowed and were less sever. By the 8th week, they were gone. But too much can give you loose stool. So I backed off to 1500 mg and that worked perfectly.
All this took place some 16 years ago and since then, I haven't had a single episode of AF.
Just think, a drug GAVE me a disease, and a NUTRIENT cured it. Yes, nutrients can cure disease, like scurvy and vitamin C,,,, and rickets and vitamin D3.
The interesting thing is, since I cured my AF, I haven't had a single cold, or flu or even the sniffles. BONUS.
@@randomthings8247 That’s a brilliant story. Extremely interesting. Well done.
@@KRAZEEIZATION Thank you, my friend. I got a dis-ease from a drug and cured it with a nutrient. Research can reward you immensely.
@@randomthings8247 I agree. I don’t trust big pharma. Look what they’re doing to the world now with vaccines.
@@KRAZEEIZATION Yes, Fpizer, hit with billions in fines over nefarious activities that hurt millions over the years and they're still in business.
Still making billions, and they are exempt from lawsuits when they hurt someone with drugs where they knowingly fudged the data. How deep and hot can Hell be for these people? Don't they ever wonder?
I fainted for the first time in my life and after a few months have finally been given an all-clear. I learned a lot of this material and this is very well explained in one presentation.
In Jan 2011 I had a PE-induced heart attack after prostate/bladder surgery. I was diagnosed to having idiopathic multi-factor (II and VIII) thrombophilia. I've had afib ever since. I've been on the Coumadin-for-life program, too. I have a home meter, test weekly and adjust my dosage to stay at a target of 2.5. I bridge with injectable Lovenox for invasive procedures.
In the past eleven, years I've seen 7 different cardiologists and just learned more from you in an hour that I did from all seven in eleven years.
By the way, I'm now 75 with stage 3 polyosteoarthritis and because of the Coumadin, can't take anti-imflammatory meds. I'm also highly intolerant of narcotics.
I think it's time to see a hematologist to change from Coumadin.
Thank you so much for taking the time to make this video.
Mike Dick
Knob Noster, MO
Really loved Dr. Marcus’s presentation. It was so very informative, and delivered graciously. 🙏👏🏻
Great presentation, very interesting and informative - thanks
Fantastic information that has made me feel so much better. Thank-you.
Excellent presentation doctor 👍🏻 Similarly could you please make one about Branch Blocks, because I was diagnosed with RBBB two years ago, but doc said it was not too much of a thing to worry about, but I could still get properly assessed if I was worried. Since I was going to travel a lot very soon I decided not to follow through right then, and so would be very grateful for your help.
This is an excellent video on the heart. I've watched many videos on the heart and this is the best one I've seen. It's very easy to understand. It's also very informative and extremely helpful. Thank you very much for posting this.
Excellent presentation ! Very educational! Thank you doc!
Awesome discussion and explanations. Very understandable even for a lay person
Very informative and comprehensive
Thanks
Wonderful indeed.
I have permanent AFib and suffered so much for years . So many medications were tried. At the beginning, they tried to control the rythme which did not help. Controlling the rate worked better, though after trying a number of medications with doses that went up and down. Now l feel more stable with diltiazim and bisoprolol plus taking 10 mg of Eliquis in two doses.
Thank you for this great lecture
excellent presentation !
Very educational. This answer my question regarding my heart rhythm.
Brilliant presentation 👏
Thank you doctor for taking your precious time for us
Awesome video.
Your Grandfather's story about living with PVC almost 100 years old, is probably going to help us more than everything you said so far. Great information, especially when we know its coming from a proven authority rather than just some youtubers clickbaiting us for some views.
its a long one to watch- can you tell us where that is please?
Robert Brown
It’s at 30:25
@@user-vv9np5iq7n Thanks!
SLAMAT PO!
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I’ve had an AFIB issue for almost 9 years. I had two ablations about 5 years ago and was fine until about 2 weeks ago. I’m currently tryin a new medication instead of another ablation. (So far)
I learned more about my condition from this video than I learned in 9 years. And the information GREATLY reduced my stress level.
Thank you Dr. Marcus. Very well done.
I also watched the video specific to AFIB. Very good too. But this explained my occasional missed beats.
Tank you very entersting well done Dr.Marcus !
I strongly suggest you to seek out a certified Nutritional Therapist who does Optimal Blood Chemistry Analysis, and trained by Dr Harry Eidenier. NTA can refer you to someone in your area or a qualified Chiropractor trained in Internal Medicine who’s trained by Eidenier. I have helped many A-Fib pts and other arrhythmia pts get OFF up to 5 Rx heart meds with a blood test Analysis and Nutritional evaluation. In fact, an entire team of cardiology doctors affirm the protocol I have prescribed for clients and helped them prevent their arrhythmias!
Has your doctor checked your magnesium status?
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thanks for the great talk. @31:00 if heart is not weak but high frequency of PVCs, why not cather ablasion?
GREAT talk - thx for making this info available.
Very informative. You are a natural teacher. A million thanks yous from Miami.
Thank you so much for sharing.
Thanks for your conference. What about any of those in the presence of heart valve disease? Is there more risk or danger?
SUPERB explanations. I am not a doctor, and I understood everything without problem. THANK YOU ,. BRTILIANT!
Have u ever checked an irregular heart beat for magnesium status?
Very informative…thank you….
I am 79 y o man & currently wearing a mini monitor because of being notified of Afib App on Apple Watch. My MD thinks false + but wants to be sure. Thank you for this enlightening presentation.
I have Long QT although am asymptomatic. I also have had PSVTs much of my life and always just knew how to make it go away with vasovagal maneuvers -- I learned it on my own. Recently I went in for a hernia surgery pre-op and had an EKG which showed Normal Sinus Rhythm First Degree AV Block. A second EKG on another day showed Normal Sinus Rhythm without the AV Block which I had never had before. THe EP said 1st Degree AV Block is likely just a blip that occurred and more a quality of life issue in most cases and we can look at adjusting my metoprolol which I take as a precaution for my borderline long qt interval if it bothers me. Anyway, after my surgery and recovery which went well I was walking on a treadmill at the gym feeling great. I then went over to a smoothie store and bought a cold smoothie afterwards and had a brain freeze which triggered what I thought was a PSVT where my pulse went up to 96 on my Fitbit. I did the vasovagal maneuver and it worked partially the first time bringing my pulse down to 83 but then I splashed cold water on my face and it went back to the 70s (normal resting heart rate for me is 50 to 58). Since then the resting heart rate has been my normal range. However since then my Fitbit has not been giving me sleep scores due to inconsistent heart rate since the smoothie incident which it blames on how I wear the device which has not changed. I also have a normal resting heart rate of around 51 to 57 which is my normal resting HR but I can feel extra beats now that I didnt feel before the brain freeze incident. LIke a normal heart rate of 55 but every 3rd or 4th beat might be later than the other. Can this be Afib that I am having? Or is it the metoprolol or maybe the magnesium supplements I am taking? Or the 1st Degre AV Block? I feel fine other than the sensation. Exercise feels great. Heart rate is in the normal range for me.
Great !!Thank you very much!
Thanks for this.
Thank you ♥️
I have been so worried about my ectopics recently and has altered my life :( but not I have clearer understand and took a bit of screenshots here and there :) thank you sir/dr :)
Thank you!
Excellent
Would love to hear about low potassium or sodium in the heart and Afib
What is the cause of the electrical problem that causes heart block and will there be a cure on the horizon others than the current implant for people implant dependent.
Best doctor❤❤
I haven't taken Eliquis for 2 weeks & I feel fine.
Should I be taken off it?
Thank you.
Should your oximeter record an abnormal slow pulse rate check
to make sure the reading is correct. I recently bought a new one.
It gave a different reading from the old one. I then checked again
with a microlife arm air pressure model and found the old
oximeter was not measuring correctly. In fact it was badly at fault.
If you Ablate the AV node does that cause it not to work so a patient's heart beat would depend solely on the PaceMaker?
This was so amazing to listen to. I learned so much as I can't go with my husband to his cardiologist because of the stupid covid restrictions. He has had an episode of vfib and may need to have his pacemaker replaced with a defibrillator. Thank you Dr.
The majority of people who died of covid had a pre existing heart condition. You want to put lives at risk just so that you can have a day out to the hospital?
Good example of the callousness of people in covid. How dare you think of yourself and your needs, like being with your loved ones when they need you. People DIED of COVID you MONSTER. 🤮
When i was having extra or skipped beats during my ekg sinus arrhythmia showed up without any significant abnormalities what does that mean?
Thank you
Great info. I am having 15 to 20 skipped beats a minute and am having trouble getting a satisfactory diagnosis. I have a kardia mobile and have shared the history with my (electro) Doctor. I am also a white male of 84 yrs. old and have had an Aortic valve replaced in 2013. I am not overly concerned.
Try magnesium supps
About to say the same. You may be lacking Magnesium/Potassium in your diet. Eat a Bananna and magnesium supplements.
So Thankyou
Have filtters and flutters but but workout constantly and have a 48 resting heart rate. Drs say in very good shape. My dad had triple bypass and my Mom has afib and recently fell and now in hospital.
Wife had atrial fib, warfarin. Her daugthers mother inlaw said she had ablation, I had told my wife, she cannot say if you are a candidate for ablation.
Wife had shock treatment to resinc. Heart ruthem.
This was very good.
This is a great lesson. Thanks a lot. What is the cause for heart heaviness and what is the treatment for that? My wife feels heavy on her chest before and after having a heart attack. Her ef is less than 40.
Thanks in advance for responding to my questions.
See a cardiologist.
very good presentation, i,did a hear test the other day it said some thing about the T waves and the digianosis was un conferm,also it said border line ECG I don't undetstand what that mean ,the doctor said it's ok I don't think so ,could u make it more clear for me thsnks
About 6 mos ago had a defibrillator implanted. Ejection Rate was 25% & my internist immediately referred me to a cardiologist after getting the results from an echo. (Had been seen in ER while hubby at MDAnderson Cancer Center & was told to see my primary asap upon returning home). I also have LBBB, diagnosed 25 yr ago. But in last couple of years since hubby's diagnosis, have experienced extreme fatigue. At 1st felt better after implant but now not so much. Took mos to get followup appt w guy who did implant but now just got word he's leaving. So appt I had just went out window. So what now🤷♀️
Ablation 1 time after AFIB was in constant state and did 2 Heart shock treatments to reset it- once after the procedure and got myself watch to constantly track and went on lifestyle change even gone as far as straight potato diet on certain days of the week to keep metabolism going along with keto.. in tracking heart the numbers keep getting better sleep my heart rate resting 12 months ago it was 70 beats minute now it’s down to 48 resting and the beats jumping off pattern are down to almost none existent.I believe through healthy living changing habits and for many of us it’s that weight that’s causing the problem and sleep apnea is one of those problems- I’m not on any medications the reason I’ve done the aberration and life changes it’s to eliminate that need
I weighed 255 and now just above 210 looking to get down to around 165 that’s a lot of room to decrease the amount of work on the heart the study out of Australia says though diet/eating exercise losing weight you can in most cases beat the problem- I’m not that high on western medicine that heavy into drugs and never really tackles the underlying problem
My opinion is that to many people look to procedures as the cure it’s hardly the cure it’s a temporary mask it’s up to individual to look research for causes and treat them, nobody gives a dame about life for the most part, I’m not including god in the conversation
Good one
Is it better to perform the ablation while the patient is in AFIB, to know where the electrically activity is originating from?
I am saying it is very help and to me because I don't remember when the last time I see the doctor maybe 25years ago is the same the last time I sick I am 52now I fill something is very close to my self everything the doctor explained thank u very very much
I am also too worried as my heart rate on all oximeter is 45/42 I did ECG showing it is showing 68 and 2D echo is normal I met I took consultation fro cardiac as well as al homeopath a d Aayurveda doctors opinion they said all normal except vit D3 deficiency. I do y
Yoga and healthy life style I am living under stress plz guide me.
Would like to talk to you Dr I am haveing a problems with mine
How about epilepsy and fast heartbeat or irregular heartbeat ?
I have factor 11…the dr gave me eloquis but i dont think i need it…what do you think
If my Baseline heart rate has been 55 then with six months of suffering AFib with the heart rate showing 121 to 136 24 hours a day then the day before the catheter oblation heart rate gos to 82 and stays at 82 even after the catheter oblation not to mention blood presure was always below 126/79 till the catheter oblation now it's always over 136/82 what's your take on my nightmare
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Sir my husband heart enlarge EF15% And heart beat slow what treatment sir pl tell
This video is great .. I really wish to visit Dr.gregory but I am not living in the US.. I am 51y, I have PVCs since I was 30y.. my PVCs was mild, on and off like waves.. normally a few PVCs daily which does not bother me.. but within a hard wave that can stay couple of weeks or more, some days goes up to 20K or more and some days 500 or 1000.. after such wave, the PVCs goes down to a few daily for a few months till the next wave .. it is really annoying.. my doctor told me that I cannot do an ablation because with my condition they will not be able catch it in the operation room as my PVCs are not predictable .. for example, if I have much PVCs now and then I go to hospital it may disappear!! My question is, to have an ablation, should i have the high wave of PVCs in the operation room so they can target the fire node ? How can i do that? the PVCs within a healthy heart like mine are not predictable.. Is there another way to catch the fire node without having the PVC wave during the ablation? I hope there is a solution .. I take sotalol 80 to cool down the feeling of the PVCs in my chest and reduce it but it does not stop it during the hard wave..
Try magnesium supps
I have episodes of continuous missed beats - where pulse 'stops' every five beats, every single minute of the day, literally! It is horrible!
A short version. Many years ago my previous cardiologist and I had a discussion about PVCs and how many a minute, and hour or a day was normal. He could not give me a satisfactory answer. I was having many hundreds a day but sometimes they would come and go. I had gotten used to them to a certain extent but sometimes they actually became physically uncomfortable. I finally ditched my cardiologist and found a new one. After many tests and a catheterization, I found out I had heart valve problems. As of yet I haven't had a replacement but I feel I'm getting closer to it.
I pray for healing over your heart in the name of Jesus!
Glad you found another doctor👍🏼
Have MVP getting worse, met cardiologist today-asked about perimenopause. It DOES get worse. Seeing him for other not great things, but yes, ladies-irregular heartbeats increase with nutcase hormonal changes.
Happened to me.
Napping one day while defrosting my fridge.
Big chunk fell and I flew awake, tremendous AF immediately. Horribly uncomfortable.
Couple days and nights, and I didn't know what was wrong !
Fell back into normal rhythm - while in the doctor's office !
Digitalis.
Hopefully it is ready by now however I've not seen it
Should someone like me, who's very anxious about his heart and has several extopics a day watch this? I've also had to be cardioverted due to afib but that was linked to me being too low in electrolytes. That sure didn't help my cardiophobia! Anyway, I'm afraid watching a video like this going over the dangers will trigger more panic attacks regarding my heart. But I still want to learn about them and continue to understand what they are. I have seen several specialists over the years and have done all the tests. They've assured me these are benign and I shouldn't worry. BUT I still do. I can't help it. I feel them constantly throughout the day. I should trust I'm fine, but having cardiophobia, that's easier said than done. My hope is the more videos and people I see who experience these same annoyances will help me accept these as normal and not a deeper issue my Cardiologists have overlooked.
This was actually very helpful. I'm glad I watched it.
I have them daily as well sometimes more at night my cardiologist says they are benign but every time i feel them it causes more fear
@@johnnyflores1978 Absolutely. They may be benign but they're terrible to live with. Especially when you're trying to sleep!!
@@ParkerThwips yes definitely typically during the day and when exercising i feel fine but when im trying to relax in bed and go to sleep they start acting up smh they make quality of life terrible but i stopped taking my propranolol i was gaining weight and feeling more sluggish with the meds couldn’t have that
@@johnnyflores1978 MIne seems to be mostly during the day. From time to time during an exercise. I'm thinking of going off Propranolol as well. Did you experience an increase when you came off? How much were you taking? I'm at 10mg, once a day.
Human body is the most fascinating machine.
for the PAT or PVT, perhaps some cells are more sensitive to ephedrine
What is left bundle branch block can that cause arrhythmia ?
I have that and docs tell me that but do nothing. I don't know if left b b can cause arrythmia, but I have that but cured my atrial fiblilation, as follows.
I started with a new doctor in the summer of 2,000. His protocol is to have your BP checked at each visit. First visit I present with 140/90. So he prescribes Metoprolol. My blood pressure doesn't change after 2 weeks. I tell him, he says, keep taking it, it'll kick in. It didn't.
What DID kick in was an erratic heart beat. Lasted a few hours. one a week and getting stronger,, STRONG beats as if my heart was going to explode,,, and more erratic. I go to emerge. They hook me up, diagnose Atrial Fiblilation, they do something with the intravenous line, my heart settles down and I'm discharged. That's it. No, consult yout doctor about this, see a cardiologist etc. just let me go.
But I go to see my doctor after 6 weks of this, after going to emerge 5 times and he dismisses my feeling that the Metropolol had anything to do with it.
Another visit to emerge and I see him the next day without an appointment. He gets exasperated and grabs his big drug book, looks and finds, under rare, but possible side effect, ARRYTHMIA. He looks at me, smiles, shoves the book towards me and walks out the door.
This story lasts for 3 plus years but of course I stopped the Metoprolol. The AF went away. But as I had a BP machine, I noted that my BP was getting even higher. So after being free of AF for several weeks, I took ONE Met pill and within 2 seconds I had an episode like no other. I called 911 and was peomptly hooked up, as I had been for many months, many times.
But this time, whatever they do, wasn't working. The doctor said, "give him another hit" she did but it just got worse. I was tols that the AF was spilling into other chambers of my heart. I was also asked, if I felt any pain. To their amazement, I didn't.
However, I offered them the observation that an Ativan sometimes would abort an attack. So they gave me 2 and within a minute or so, the pounding stopped. Maybe the adrenalin was contributing to the AF/ It's a scary thing to be experiencing.
Since taking that ONE pill, after a time of avoiding it, the AF came back with a vengeance despite not ever taking any Metoprolol, ever again.
I was offered a pacemaker, no thanks, I was offered drugs, no thanks because that doctor was unaware that there are two kinds of AF, one vagally mediated and one adrenergically mediated. Sometimes both factors are in play. But you have to know which is dominant before you know what drugs to try.
So, I was on my own. This was over 20 years ago, I had a new computer and there was the Internet. So I began my research. I learned a lot about the heart and I also learned that medicine hasn't got any permanent solutions, let alone an actual CURE,, not just treatments.
As I went from website to website, I found that the comments sections were very informative. People who, like me, were trying to find a solution.
I came across a piece written by an electrical engineer who had some higher learning of chemistry. As I read, one thing popped up. Defficiency in minerals, Notably, magnesiun, and potassium.
Magnesium is essential for some 300 biochemical processes in the body. Most people are mineral defficient, including magnesium.
Also, magnesium is essential for muscle contraction and nerve conduction. There it was. The AV node is the biological microchip that times the various chambers of the heart to contract and relax. Nerve conduction.
And of course, the muscle is the most stressed and continuously functioning muscle of all the muscles. Every single second of your day and your heart works, HARD.
If you cut a piece of heart tissue from a living heart, that piece would contract at some 70 beats per minute, untill all the cells died. Each cell has this timing function.
So if you're in a coma, this is what keeps you alive.
But when you need lots of blood flow to your muscles, fight or flight, the adrenaline kicks in to raise your heart rate to do that job.
When the danger is over, your vagal nervous system kicks in to lower your heart rate.
Three control mechanisms that control your heart's function. HOWEVER, when you take a drug like Metoprolol, it's a beta-blocker and this drug lowers your heart rate, even when you need a highr rate such as fight or flight. No more jogging for you, me lad.
So your heart has been given a BRAKE, as in a cars brakes. Imagine if the brakes on your car were dragging. You'd kill your gas mileage, STRESS and wear out your engine, and need a brake job and tire change far more often than otherwise.
The same thing happens with a pacemaker. I'm sure they have their place to save a failing heart but wait, maybe that heart has a drug hurting it? A drug meant for something else? Maybe that heart isn't getting enough magnesium?
I can't help but wonder if it's not AF that's killing people prematurely, but the DRUGS, or the pacemakers?
I titrated 250 mg of a multiple magnesium product, in stages over the span of a number of weeks. By the 3rd week, my AF attacks slowed and were less sever. By the 8th week, they were gone. But too much can give you loose stool. So I backed off to 1500 mg and that worked perfectly.
All this took place some 16 years ago and since then, I haven't had a single episode of AF.
Just think, a drug GAVE me a disease, and a NUTRIENT cured it. Yes, nutrients can cure disease, like scurvy and vitamin C,,,, and rickets and vitamin D3.
The interesting thing is, since I cured my AF, I haven't had a single cold, or flu or even the sniffles. BONUS.
I was diagnosed with ectopoc beats this year in october. I took a 24 hour ECG and it showed 8300+ ventruclar ectopics. Took an ultrasound of the heart showing that my heart is normal with no structural damage with strong pumps. After that I did a EECG on a bike and it showed that when my pulse went over a certain number (not sure what) they disappeard and came back when when my heartbeat slowed down. Got prescribed Metoprolol 25 mg a day. Took that for 2 months and did a new 24 hour ECG now showing 4700+ extra beats. So my cardiologist said she didnt want me to take an ablasion, just take 25 mg of Metroprolol everyday for a year and comeback for every test again. It still feels dangerous and I still feel scared and unsecure about the concequenses. Afraid of suddenly dying I guess. My life quality feels poor because of always being afraid that something bad with my heart will happen...
Its the anxiety of sudden death that makes the PVCs or PACs worse
Thanks for sharing. Please let us know your ECK after year is up. I've been having issues for 3 years and was just diagnosed with PVC. I was also put on Metroprolol. I don't have a count but hope it is low. Based on what this video said, you're reaching that 10k mark, should look into ablasion.
@@MrTweetyhack On my third round 2 months ago I had between 5000 and 10000 PACs and just 78 PVCs.
If it helps know you are not alone. Moderate exercise helps me. Take care
@L S take 400mg of magnesium every day...also u should be taking 4700mg of potassium...sounds a lot doesnt it but if u research the vast majority of people are very low in P....hard to take that much but u can get supplements..do some research
Thank you very much, I'm 44 and start suffering from PVC about 5k a day, I still have normal live. so I should check my heart every year then.
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Can anyone tell me why my heartbeat is very high, up-to 113? Sometime, with no reason. Feel so bad.
I have some questions to ask my cardiologist on the 24 Feb. He is a man of few words. Again Thank you for your erudite presentation
Get another Cardiologist!
Man life is going along just peachy, walking in the forest,then boom , legs twitch like crazy and I crash to the ground, then nothing , , in its purest sense , indescribable nothingness, I wake up and there is emergency crew surrounding me, I don't know where I am, am told my girlfriend gave CPR for 30 minutes, off to the hospital, nothing strange on ECG except high pulse, after 7hours, blood tests , brain tests , I'm set free in fear and trepidation , nothing is as it was, just fear that the next time is fall into eternal blackness, I felt the abyss, it wasn't scary, it wasn't anything, back to what I was before sperm met egg . Life is so so precious, all life, but the greed in us has designed a world lacking love and compassion.
When you die there is no heaven or hell, there is what you described, it's the same as before your born, nothing. Your genetic build up, DNA, personality traits etc have been stored, everything that make you who you are. In this state of sleep, time doesn't exsist, therefore the moment you fell asleep in death will be the moment you become reborn, although a 1000 years may have passed. The creator of the universe JEHOVAH GOD shall judge your life and will determine are you worthy of phase 2. The bible speaks of a new heavens and earth, where death shall be wiped away, people will live in peace forever, man won't be ruling over it's inhabitants (we saw what that brings 🤣). The earth shall become a paradise home for mankind.
My heart rhythm only changes when I breathe in deeply..
Great proven breathing exercise. Inhale easy to the count of 5 seconds. And exhale easily for 5 seconds. If you can continue up to 5 minutes, can do wonders in relaxing the heart & the whole body.
11:03 maybe that should be called "cardiocerebral reentrant tachycardia"
Try vitamin C. Its been helpful for me.
Why was this not explained to me by my GP.
Well i think it is rare or not idk
I have something wrong maybe when i lay my heart beating but when i get up my heart not beating maaybe idk i feel it okay peepsand i am a kid
How are u now?
You should emphasize that a very slow heart beat that’s really low like 22 beats per minute is very dangerous and a pace maker needs to be installed.
My heart arrhytmia was solved by using Vit K2 . Even a raw potato in the morning is enough potasium.
What do you use ?
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I’m going to see a cardiologist next month about why my heart has an extra beat or skipping a beat which scared the hell out of me yesterday very unusual
Do you feel the extra beat then a slight pause then back to normal?
@@johnnyflores1978 yes It’s not as bad now but it was the day I went to the hospital in an ambulance every third beer at skipped or there was an extra beat right after a bit and it drove me crazy
@@johnnyflores1978 As it turns out I have no blockages in my heart I have an electrical issue it’s called PVC’s
@@dormandavis2767 yes they usally get worse depending on what we eat or drink stimulants make them worse i have had them since 2017 they are a bit better now
@@johnnyflores1978 I love my coffee
im a pretty active and fit guy. my heart rate sits around 40-50 even 38 sometimes. cardiologist says ekg looks normal and to not eat so strictly like i do. i eat lots of fruit and veggie. he said add some sodium
You're really healthy bro! My heart rate at rest is around 85-90 beats per minute
Healthcare workers have stresses that effect heart rate, no doubt about it, not the least of which are supervisors who are idiots.
I have AVNRT. No problem untill 58, no problem no meds. Diet changed drastically, suddenly had really bad episodes. BP went up too. Reverted to old way of eating because could not have ablation due yo severe allergies for blood thinners, all of them. Bp now around 115/68 no arythmias. Going back to old way of eating was the only option. I can definitely say for me, it boiled down to diet.
BRAVO!!! Thanks for sharing this! More people NEED TO UNDERSTAND THIS ABOUT DIET! I’m a Nutritional Therapist and would LOVE to have you explain your diet here for others! Would you please be more specific about your diet that helps you with your cardio issues? Blessings!🥰🙏
Mostly Plant diet?
@@sheilasmith1109 i have magnesium citrate powder and potassium pills which i take daily and this has helped my afib. My diet could be better i do intend to clean it up.
Long QT syndrome, I have . Sudden cardiac arrest happens . Pacemaker essential
40 PACs a minute, 50,000 an hour, I'm fed up. It's horrible and I've had enough of being told it's not dangerous.
You probably need a catheter ablation
Eat a Bannana each day and buy magnesium supplements. You may be lacking potassium and Magnesium in your diet. It's no big deal, but I now it's scary and bothersome.
It's running at 32 an it's giving me the shacks
YUP IAM GOING TOO DIE SOON-I HOPE IT SHALL NOT BE TOO PAINFULL-AND I HOPE IAM NOT PLACE INTO A HOSP BEFORE I DIE EITHER WAY ]GODBLESS
Why do you feel your going to die soon?? If your anxious get magnesium powder and take it daily should help. Goodluck
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My name is Nate an my heart is goin so slow I don't know what to do
Start eating Salmon, Codfish, eggs, stop eating pork, snacks, no beef, my Son, same problem. Eat spinach, no tomatoes, and don't use alcohol. No tobacco either. Oatmeal with fruit and nuts milk in the morning, for a sweetener I use honey, no cane sugar or rarely. No cornsyurp
@@robertstack2144 hey bro facing the same issue, my heart beats gets slower and then suddenly gets faster 😭 what to do?? ECG was normal, what about you
@@sahilrajput5746 do you use NaCl with iodine in it? That means table salt with iodine.
@@robertstack2144 no bro, i was lying down on the bed , suddenly felt like lightness in my body, and suddenly my heart beats gets slower and then suddenly gets faster
Do you use salt? With iodine?
Simple questions, yes or no.
I have M.E. ... my heart rate is always at the high end. Walking short distances, even *thinking* or turning over in bed makes it even. faster. I’m used to it after 40 years, but lately the beats have become so strong it hurts. I can feel my heart movement, which is downright creepy as well as distressing. Since even a 5-minute phone conversation makes my body demand more adrenaline, there’s no escaping. Makes me wonder how long my heart can tolerate all that abnormal activity.
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