Had mi in 85 some scarring caused mild episodes of multiple pvc’s, very
bothersome, but tests indicated non-life threatening. had some problems
with potassium that increased pvc’s. this past week ended up going to
emergency room, very light headed pulse down to 40, from a normal resting
rate of 60. after a couple of hours at the ER, rate was back to normal,
potassium level tested at 3.5.
Same evening rate down to 40 again.
Went to see new cardiologist, decided to take me off Moduretic, next day
normal heart rate,? this is the second day, very few pvc’s. Dr. wants my
potassium level between 4 and 5. Comments Please.
In addition, make sure you keep yourself hydrated.
I find it makes a big difference,
Good Luck,
Ronnie Schultz
(someone who lives with PVC’s)
In article <01bce6d2$c495bf00$d290f5ce@utbpopki>, "Robert J Caron"
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> Had mi in 85 some scarring caused mild episodes of multiple pvc’s, very
> bothersome, but tests indicated non-life threatening. had some problems
> with potassium that increased pvc’s. this past week ended up going to
> emergency room, very light headed pulse down to 40, from a normal resting
> rate of 60. after a couple of hours at the ER, rate was back to normal,
> potassium level tested at 3.5.
> Same evening rate down to 40 again.
> Went to see new cardiologist, decided to take me off Moduretic, next day
> normal heart rate,? this is the second day, very few pvc’s. Dr. wants my
> potassium level between 4 and 5. Comments Please.
Are you sure that the problem not was low potassium. For most diuretic
(excluding potassium sparing diuretics) the problem is loss of potassium. In
normal physiological ranges potassium actually protects for arrhythmias.
Thiswould also explain why the patients physician wanted the potassium high
in the normal range.
Jørgen Kanters
Assistant Professor
Lab. of Experimental Cardiology
Dept. of Medical Physiology
Panum Institute, bldg 6.5.22
University of Copenhagen
Phone: +45 40 58 50 80
Fax: +45 35 32 74 18
email: jkant…@mfi.ku.dk
Homepage: http://www.mfi.ku.dk/renal/jk/jk.html
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>> Had mi in 85 some scarring caused mild episodes of multiple pvc’s, very
>> bothersome, but tests indicated non-life threatening. had some problems
>> with potassium that increased pvc’s. this past week ended up going to
>> emergency room, very light headed pulse down to 40, from a normal resting
>> rate of 60. after a couple of hours at the ER, rate was back to normal,
>> potassium level tested at 3.5.
>> Same evening rate down to 40 again.
>> Went to see new cardiologist, decided to take me off Moduretic, next day
>> normal heart rate,? this is the second day, very few pvc’s. Dr. wants my
>> potassium level between 4 and 5. Comments Please.
>It sounds like you were dehydrating from the diuretic, which would cause
>a transient rise in your K+, hence the increased PVC’s. I don’t suppose
>the doc told you what your K+ level was? Depending on who you talk to,
>4.5 or 4.8 is the max normal K+ level. Anything between 3.5 and 5.0 is
>normally ok. -Rod-
>Venger’s Orchids