Thanks for all the info Pat.
I went to USF cardiology and had a full workup with the head of cardiology and her students. She was a very caring dr and didn't seem fazed by my 50,000 pvc's as most other doctors did, and would take my case and do my EP Study.
She was a bit different from the other doctors I've seen and didn't think I would develop cardiomyopathy or any problems from my pvc's and prescribed her "wonder drug" as she described it to me - Toprol.
I ended up in the hospital and my bp/hr tanked and even with meds they only stabilized me at 70/40 bp and hr of 41 for over 11 hours.
I almost didn't have surgery, but decided to go back with my original EP and thankfully I did. I had developed CM, and my EF went down from 55% - 40% in a few weeks time. The ep found I have Polymorphic VT and they suspected from ARVD, but my tests were inconclusive.
I'm a bit leery of doctors as you can probably tell; I wasn't told some things that were wrong with me and when doctors disagree with my diagnosis & treatment only make my apprehension worse, so I've had a hard time being comfortable with new doctors.
I've heard good things about TGH and their heart center, I may try there.
Thanks again for all your help.
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Thanks for all the info Pat.
October 1, 2010 - 3:10amI went to USF cardiology and had a full workup with the head of cardiology and her students. She was a very caring dr and didn't seem fazed by my 50,000 pvc's as most other doctors did, and would take my case and do my EP Study.
She was a bit different from the other doctors I've seen and didn't think I would develop cardiomyopathy or any problems from my pvc's and prescribed her "wonder drug" as she described it to me - Toprol.
I ended up in the hospital and my bp/hr tanked and even with meds they only stabilized me at 70/40 bp and hr of 41 for over 11 hours.
I almost didn't have surgery, but decided to go back with my original EP and thankfully I did. I had developed CM, and my EF went down from 55% - 40% in a few weeks time. The ep found I have Polymorphic VT and they suspected from ARVD, but my tests were inconclusive.
I'm a bit leery of doctors as you can probably tell; I wasn't told some things that were wrong with me and when doctors disagree with my diagnosis & treatment only make my apprehension worse, so I've had a hard time being comfortable with new doctors.
I've heard good things about TGH and their heart center, I may try there.
Thanks again for all your help.
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