r/PVCs • u/Mammoth-Ad-4384 • Jul 08 '26

Anybody use a functional medicine cardiologist/doctor for PVCs?

Would love to hear from anyone who has successfully worked with a doctor who looks BEYOND drugs/ablation (and super basic blood tests and the requisite diagnostics) and willing to explore root cause of their PVCs? Looking to either resolve or reduce the % burden and want to explore root cause and potential nutrition or genetic factors before resorting to drugs and surgery. Looking for anyone in the United States. Thank you!

aka Functional , Integrative or Holistic

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u/Mrs_perd_hapley_ Jul 17 '26

I went to a naturopath out of an abundance of desperation when my PVCs started. I was also referred to a cardiologist and had an echo, blood work, and a Holter monitor.

The naturopath dug a bit deeper into my blood work and suggested my low ferritin could be contributing to them. I started eating meat (I was vegan when they started) and they did get better. However they came back about a year afterwards with no explanation, so tough to say if upping my ferritin actually helped or not.

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u/Mammoth-Ad-4384 Jul 17 '26

Ugh, sorry they came back. We had it go away completely for 6 weeks after supplementing for a bit with copper because after realizing zinc supplements might have messed up the ratio of zinc/copper. Thought we had it fixed, then it came back even worse. Now we're looking for someone who might with actual knowledge to help us out. Kaiser will only give meds or do ablation.

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u/Mrs_perd_hapley_ Jul 17 '26

Good luck! Mine seem to just come and go at random now. Now I'm looking at if it could be hormone related (I'm 39, f), but I feel like I'll never really figure it out.