Hello Ladies:

As a 63 year old male with AVNRT (AV node re-entry tachycardia), I would
conclude that it's not necessarily hormonal, although that could be part of the
trigger.
With AVNRT, you have an additional electrical path in your heart which short
circuits under some circumstances to cause the fast heart beat. See the
Arrhythmia Alliance's excellent series of booklets at
http://www.heartrhythmcharity.org.uk/html/booklets.html
I regularly get both ectopics and missed beats which are all part of my AVNRT. I
also get lots of other interesting things as well: with arrhythmias, in the end
we often have our own unique set of symptoms as well as the common-to-all
symptoms.
Kate, did your consultant give you any options in terms of treatment, and was
your consultant an arrhythmia specialist or a general cardiologist at a district
hospital? If the latter, you may not realise that you are entitled to go direct
to a hospital which specialises in "our" kind of problems.

Best wishes and good luck, Chris H.


--- In heartrhythm-AA@yahoogroups.com, Jackie wrote:
>
> Hi Kate,
> When I was admitted to hospital last year with the rapid heartbeat I was
diagnosed as having AVRNT which they told me was a type of SVT.
> My normal heart rate is usually between 68-72bpm resting.
> As I say I have not had any further episodes of SVT's since but for last 4
months have been getting ectopic beats which the consultant said is all part and
parcel of AVRNT.I have read up a little on the internet and this type is
supposedly the most common form and is more common in women than men,with 75% of
cases occurring in women, is this because it is hormonal? I wonder.
> Jackie
>