A long gap between beats
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Hi all. I was just looking through my ecg and there was a long beat gap which was very noticeable. What is this?
0 likes, 8 replies
Posted , 5 users are following.
Hi all. I was just looking through my ecg and there was a long beat gap which was very noticeable. What is this?
0 likes, 8 replies
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robynfromOz XoMonkey
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betty47298 robynfromOz
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XoMonkey robynfromOz
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Hello thanks for your reply. I only noticed it when I had an echo done, it would have a few bumps but no beats. Yep I've had a 48 holter. So it could be sick sinus syndrome? As i have paroxysmal af as well
diana95576 XoMonkey
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Hi.......I have this pause and sometimes it feels like I'm just getting ready to black out I have to told my cardiologist so I wore a monitor for two weeks and of course it didn't do it soon as I returned it the next night it did it but because he didn't catch it on the monitor that I was wearing he did nothing about it it is a horrible feeling especially when you're out in public or while driving .thank God I've never blacked out
robynfromOz diana95576
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Hi Diana. I was having dizzy spells as well. Once I told my cardiologist and had the monitor he saw my heart was not beating for up to 6 seconds. He rang me and said to go to the hospital immediately and not to drive. Please get another holter done. A pacemaker is a relief really -you hardly know it's there. Good luck both of you.
diana95576 robynfromOz
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LuckyPenny1 XoMonkey
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Hi XoMonkey, The long beat gap could be what's known as Ectopics. Talking to your doctor or cardiologist about this would put your mind at rest. Good Luck.
XoMonkey LuckyPenny1
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Thank you all for your replies, it means a lot. Yeah, my doctor actually told me I was experience ectopics without doing tests! I was like no, I have both palpitations and ectopics!! Here is a picture of the Echo i was talking about. The first picture is the gap, the second picture I'm not quite sure what it was doing maybe it's normal!