Bigeminy is an irregular heart rhythm where every normal beat is followed by an abnormal one, often due to premature ...

Dear Dr. Roach: Several months ago, I developed a case of a bigeminy heartbeat. My cardiologist prescribed metoprolol. At ...

Bigeminy, more precisely ventricular bigeminy, is a term most people probably haven’t heard of. Ventricular bigeminy is when every other beat is a PVC and alternates with regular beats.

The regular arrhythmia occurring at the beginning of the electrocardiogram was identified as ventricular bigeminy. Single ventricular premature complexes (VPCs), as well as pairs and triplets of ...

(This may have preceded the bigeminy onset.) Quite by accident, I read an article recommending magnesium for a heart arrhythmia. Within a week or so of reading the article, I started magnesium ...

When every other QRS complex is a premature atrial contraction, then the rhythm is referred to as “atrial bigeminy” as seen in this strip above. If a PAC occurs when the AV node has not yet ...

Ventricular bigeminy occurs when every other beat is a PVC. No treatment is necessary for PVCs. If symptomatic, beta-blockers or antiarrhythmic drugs can be effective. Rarely, ablation of PVCs is ...

(This may have preceded the bigeminy onset.) Quite by accident, I read an article recommending magnesium for a heart arrhythmia. Within a week or so of reading the article, I started magnesium ...

Several months ago, I developed a case of a bigeminy heartbeat. My cardiologist prescribed metoprolol. At about the same time, I had reduced my intake of magnesium from about 50% of the daily value ...