Atrial Bigeminy?!
Question: I had an atrial bigeminy last night, it went like this: normal, normal, skip, normal, skip, normal, skip, normal, skip, normal, skip, normal, normal, normal and it remained normal but I was really scared! My doc put me on a Holter, did and Echo and an ECG and a stress test and said that i have Premature Atrial Contractions. Is this bigeminy serious???
Answers: I had an atrial bigeminy last night, it went like this: normal, normal, skip, normal, skip, normal, skip, normal, skip, normal, skip, normal, normal, normal and it remained normal but I was really scared! My doc put me on a Holter, did and Echo and an ECG and a stress test and said that i have Premature Atrial Contractions. Is this bigeminy serious???
It is not serious. The premature beats are caused by electrical impulses sent from other parts of the atrium than the sinus node. It is very rarely a long-term rhythm, and minutes to hours later, the "premature" beats are often markedly decreased or gone. Most of the time, the premature beats go away just by changing what you are doing (like getting up to walk around).
Atrial premature beats require no specific therapy.
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Depends on your age.
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