Premature ventricular complexes, orPVCs, are among the most commoncardiac arrhythmia.
In most people, they are benign and do not require specific treatment.
Sometimes, however, they can be a marker for serious underlying cardiac conditions.
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When they are very frequent, they can cause serious cardiac conditions.
And second, how severe are the symptoms produced by the PVCs?
PVCs themselves are rarely dangerous.
The PVCs themselves, in general, are thought to be largely benign.
This is especially true if you havecoronary artery disease (CAD)orheart failure.
If your healthcare provider finds your heart to be healthy, that’s a very good thing.
However, PVCs are also associated with several risk factors for CAD, especiallyhypertension.
Non-CAD risk factors for PVCs also include hypomagnesemia (low magnesium) and hypokalemia (low potassium).
In addition to reducing your risk for CAD, this effort may very well also reduce your PVCs.
The same thing goes for tobacco products.
Stopping smoking may also help reduce the frequency of PVCs.
While they may reduce the PVCs themselves, beta blockers work better at reducing the symptoms PVCs cause.
The more powerful antiarrhythmic drugs are often reasonably effective at suppressing PVCs.
Proarrhythmia is particularly likely in people who have underlying heart disease, but it can happen to anyone.
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