Irregular heartbeat /leaky upper valve

I had a dodgy ecg a few years ago due to palpitations. I had a stress test which also showed abnormalities although I had no pain. I chose to go privately and had a heart echo. The outcome was that I had no problem with my heart. I have a leaky valve but not in a place to cause any problems.

My friend has a leaky heart valve. I'll ask her what she's on and get back to you.

I had a bad allergic reaction to something last year and the Dr picked up that I also had a slight arrhythmia. I'm on a tiny dose of a beta blocker (1.25 per day) and it's fine now. It may not be severe, so you need to ask. Take care.

My DH has always had an irregular heartbeat, but after fainting several times eventually had a 24 hour monitor attached ( in hospital) which showed that his heart was stopping randomly, sometimes for up to 13 seconds.
Up to that point, heart monitors ( at the GP surgery) hadn’t picked that up.A pacemaker was the answer.I don’t know about leaky valves, but if you are feeling faint at different times, particularly after bending down, then you should try and convey some urgency to your GP.Good luck, do let us know your outcome.

There’s lots of good information on the British Heart Foundation website - www.bhf.org.uk/. You can phone them too and they are knowledgeable and helpful.

Thanks for the reply Luckygirl. That's comforting to know that others of my age have it. I wasn't told that. Merely told that an irregularity was picked up. An anticoagulant wasn't mentioned.

I had wondered would it be possible to have another telephone call. So I shall make a list and ring and hopefully get more information. I do think it's very unsatisfactory not to explain things. I've been very anxious since.

Thank you.

Many people of our age have an irregular heartbeat, some occasionally, as I do, and others continuously. I am treated with a beta blocker and an anticoagulant.

I do not know about the leaky valve.

It is good that they are planning to monitor it, but I am sorry that you cannot have a face to face appointment at the moment. If there are specific questions that you need an answer to, maybe you could make a list and contact the cardiologist's secretary to try and arrange a further phone call. Most cardiology departments have a specialist nurse who can often be very helpful in these situations.