benF
28th Jul 2017, 17:11
Hi everyone,
Looking for some advice... I had my initial Class 1 at Gatwick ~2.5 months ago. My ECG showed sinus tachycardia (103 bpm and then 110 bpm on a repeat - I blame white coat syndrome) and I was told to do a 24 hour Holter ECG. I've finally received the report (AME didn't seem in too much of a hurry...) and a referral to see a cardiologist. I'm a 24 yo male, don't smoke, don't drink, no medication, no family history of heart problems, no symptoms and, as far as I know, I'm fit and well.
Frustratingly the cardiologist isn't available for another 5 weeks! I'm posting the report findings below in the hopes that someone can advise what the likely outcome of this will be, and whether I need to brace myself to shell out more money for tests (and time). I've added other info from the report in square brackets.
Max HR: 124 bpm
Mean HR: 73 bpm
Min HR: 41 bpm
Sinus rhythm with infrequent periods of sinus tachycardia and nocturnal sinus bradycardia [53 beats between 11pm and 2am, min rate 35 bpm].
3 dropped beats were seen within the context of sinus arrhythmia [between 5 and 7 am - I was asleep].
Very infrequent short pauses terminating in what appear to be junctional escape beats were identified, please see operator selected disclosure [an ECG trace added at the end shows one gap of 1.6 secs between the big 'spikes' - RR interval I think? - again I was asleep at the time].
2 multifocal ventricular ectopic beats were detected [between 9 and 11 am].
No patient diary was provided and no events were activated on the recorder.
A bit of Googling (dangerous I know) seems to suggest that nocturnal short pauses and sinus bradycardia might be common in healthy young people? http://www.bhrs.com/editorial-arrhythmias-during-sleep)
Any advice welcome, but I appreciate it's up to the medical people in the end. I'm trying not to worry too much but the long delays between hearing anything doesn't help. :ugh:
Cheers!
Looking for some advice... I had my initial Class 1 at Gatwick ~2.5 months ago. My ECG showed sinus tachycardia (103 bpm and then 110 bpm on a repeat - I blame white coat syndrome) and I was told to do a 24 hour Holter ECG. I've finally received the report (AME didn't seem in too much of a hurry...) and a referral to see a cardiologist. I'm a 24 yo male, don't smoke, don't drink, no medication, no family history of heart problems, no symptoms and, as far as I know, I'm fit and well.
Frustratingly the cardiologist isn't available for another 5 weeks! I'm posting the report findings below in the hopes that someone can advise what the likely outcome of this will be, and whether I need to brace myself to shell out more money for tests (and time). I've added other info from the report in square brackets.
Max HR: 124 bpm
Mean HR: 73 bpm
Min HR: 41 bpm
Sinus rhythm with infrequent periods of sinus tachycardia and nocturnal sinus bradycardia [53 beats between 11pm and 2am, min rate 35 bpm].
3 dropped beats were seen within the context of sinus arrhythmia [between 5 and 7 am - I was asleep].
Very infrequent short pauses terminating in what appear to be junctional escape beats were identified, please see operator selected disclosure [an ECG trace added at the end shows one gap of 1.6 secs between the big 'spikes' - RR interval I think? - again I was asleep at the time].
2 multifocal ventricular ectopic beats were detected [between 9 and 11 am].
No patient diary was provided and no events were activated on the recorder.
A bit of Googling (dangerous I know) seems to suggest that nocturnal short pauses and sinus bradycardia might be common in healthy young people? http://www.bhrs.com/editorial-arrhythmias-during-sleep)
Any advice welcome, but I appreciate it's up to the medical people in the end. I'm trying not to worry too much but the long delays between hearing anything doesn't help. :ugh:
Cheers!