My boyfriend is 25 years old and has been suffering from psvt for almost a year now. Just last weekend he had another round of it and we went to the ER where they gave him a shot of cardizem (spelling) which slowed down the heartbeat but did not convert the beat back to normal. He continued to have the irregular heartbeats for about 7 hours after. Since then he has started having pvcs. He is taking 25 mg of atenolol twice a day.

A few questions:
Can psvt cause pvcs to occur?
How serious are either of these? (cause heart failure, etc)

He has had many ekg's and all came back normal. This last one did not look normal at all but the doctor basically brushed it off and said "nothing to worry about". I am going to try to get him in soon to get a stress test etc. to make sure there is no heat disease.

Just wondering what others do in order to "live" with these conditions.


Thank you!!