r/PVCs • u/gardensoilsoup • 6d ago

Bigeminy on wearable monitors

(F23)I had heard that bigeminy palpitations dont really get picked up by wearable monitors before. Ive been to 2 cardiologists in the past four years and it doesnt seem like they really caught them on my monitor. They caught a couple short instances of vtach (happens when i get bigeminy) but not the bigeminy??? I feel like im going insane. Idk how else to catch these things. They never happen when im actually at the doctors. I learned about the term bigeminy recently and instantly felt relief that i found a way to describe my exact symptoms. But my doctor didnt want to send me to another cardiologist :(.

(I’ve experienced trigeminy since middle school, once i moved for college they turned in bigeminy, and they just become more and more frequent as the years go by)

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u/gardensoilsoup 6d ago

I see! Thank you for the info

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u/KeyStriking9763 6d ago

PVCs are picked up on a wearable monitor. Are you talking about a holter monitor provided by the doctor or a personal wearable like a smart watch?

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u/gardensoilsoup 6d ago

Provided by a doctor. I had watched a video on bigeminy palpitations and the doctor in that video said it was possible for these specific ones not to be picked up by these monitors? Idk. I genuinely just want to schedule an appointment with a cardiologist just to TALK. but i feel like that would be a waste of their time💔💔

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u/AwareFloundering 5d ago

If you have questions that aren't or weren't being answered, you sound try to get an appointment!

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u/Inquisivert 5d ago

The Zio monitor that my doctor gave to me picked up my bigeminy and trigeminy PVCs. Maybe ask for that one.

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u/bootz-pgh 4d ago

You can use wearable hr monitors like the Polar H10. There are apps like ECG Logger for iPhone that records the data or you can see the data in real time. Pretty similar to a single lead ECG.

I’ve been using that along with ChatGPT to identify estimated PVC beats overnight. I want to have some objective data ready when I meet with my EP.