HELP!!! Need cardiac advice, please

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Edward Holub - 09 Mar 2006 00:15 GMT

Hey folks

> For the last 3 months I have been experiencing a heart condition that

> friend a nurse called Premature Ventricular Contraction. I thought it

felt

> like a sticky valve giving a stopping/starting effect.
> I thought that maybe I was drinking too much coffee. I've had this
> condition occasionally throughout my life and it always fixed itself over

> period of time.
> Any thoughts or advice you can give me?
> Thanks.
> Eddie

PS This is also baffling as I have lost about 30 pounds and brought my
cholesterol down from 290 to 167.

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(PeteCresswell) - 09 Mar 2006 00:20 GMT

Per Eddie:

> I thought that maybe I was drinking too much coffee. I've had this
>> condition occasionally throughout my life and it always fixed itself over
>a
>> period of time.
>> Any thoughts or advice you can give me?

My reaction: don't listen to anybody here and find yourself a competent
physician.

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Andrew B. Chung, MD/PhD - 09 Mar 2006 08:57 GMT

> Hey folks
> > For the last 3 months I have been experiencing a heart condition that
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> > period of time.
> > Any thoughts or advice you can give me?

Caffeine can make PVCs happen more frequently.

> > Thanks.

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