Afib is when your heart beats very fast like 200 to 300 beats per minute and
its very irregular. No it isnt life threatening although if a person stays
in afib they can get blood clots. Docs will put you on a blood thinner if it
happens very often. I know some people who are in afib all the time. That
has not happened to me. I go to the er and they convert me with meds so far.
You would know afib because it makes you very light headed and your heart
feels like it will beat right out of your chest. Pac's are premature atrial
contractions, pvc's are premature ventricular contractions. The pac's are
not life threatening, now the pvc's are dealing with your ventrical part of
the heart and from my understanding that can be dangerous. If you wear a
holter monitor it will tell the docs what kind of palps you are having and
you can go from there. Episodes of afib can be diagnosed by hooking you up
to ekg monitor, i can't think of what they call it. Well anyway I hope this
explains it more for ya. Email me back if you have any other questions, its
a bummer to deal with I know. Hope things get better for you. Colleen



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