Atrial Fibrillation with Rapid Ventricular Response

[Shaxuul]

I have had bouts of A-fib (w/ RVR) for a little over 10 years now. Things that trigger mine: vomiting, bending over, lying down on my side and taking a deep breath, and heart palpitations after consuming alcohol. Mine last 12 - 36 hours before my heart converts back to a normal sinus rhythm.

[chihiroxmiyazaki]

@Shaxuul sounds painful! 

[commonman80]

That don't sound good at all. Houston, we have a problem.

[writersl]

ive been through that. it was the worst ever

[bzylizzy]

I go up to 162, so I know what its like, AWFUL....

[therasia]

hum... so... what is it like? what are the symptoms?

[gondwanalon]

That is one fast heart rate. When I'm in a-fib the doctors are surprised that my heart rate is only 65-80 bpm until I tell them that when my heart is in normal rhythm (at rest) my heart rate is in the low 40's. Yea that's right, I jog marathons and triathlons per cardiologists orders.

[Greyman137]

Quick question for you... when they hook you up to the monitor... does it read the same rate on the monitor as your actual rate (when you take a pulse at your wrist)?

[gondwanalon]

Hello, There's no reason to think that a high tech EKG in a cardiologist office would give a different heart rate reading than a pulse reading at the wrist. I regularly check my pulse at the wrist & I usually wear a heart rate monitor while jogging. When I'm in a-fib I try to keep my heart rate under 200bpm. Sometimes the heart rate monitor gives inaccurate readings. I'm hardly ever fooled as I stop & make a quick wrist pulse check. I count the beats for 6 seconds and multiply by 10 to get bpm.

[Greyman137]

Thanks for the reply. I was actually looking for some information today about the Heart Rate felt at the wrist in relation to the monitor rate.

This is what I eventually found on Merck: "A pulse deficit (the apical ventricular rate is faster than the rate palpated at the wrist) may be present because left ventricular stroke volume is not always sufficient to produce a peripheral pressure wave at fast ventricular rates."

[gondwanalon]

Hello, You may be right. I just made my heart go into AFIB (deep breaths will do it) & performed an EKG on myself with my handy-dandy "Omron" EKG analyzer. The 30 second strip gave an irregular AFIB pulse of 69 bpm. Then I quickly checked my pulse (still irregular) at the wrist for 1 minute & got 55 bmp. 9 minutes later I did another EKG while in normal rhythm & got EKG = 49 bpm, Wrist = 50 bpm. Also while jogging I have found that the wrist pulse to be too weak, irregular and rapid to count.

[Greyman137]

A difference of a beat or two is negligible... although, it may be the same mechanism at work. The person I took the pulse on had a radial rate of 80bpm (approx.) and was at 150-180bpm on the monitor. Pretty cool! At first, I thought I may have been doing something wrong or feeling every second or third beat. Kinda feel better now after looking up some of the info. Thanks for your input!!!

[zwaky123]

pff146 isnt that high, ive gottan to 230 :O

[andie361]

@zwaky123 lol, me too :o)

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[piano6861]

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