What is premature ventricular contractions?

Premature ventricular contractions are additional heartbeats that are initiated by the abnormal pumping of one of the ventricles of the heart, disrupting the regular heart rhythm. This causes a feeling of a skipped beat in the chest.

How do members experience premature ventricular contractions?

Top 5 symptoms reported by people with premature ventricular contractions*

*Reports may be affected by other conditions and/or medication side effects. We ask about general symptoms (anxious mood, depressed mood, fatigue, pain, and stress) regardless of condition.

Top treatments taken by people for premature ventricular contractions*

Who has premature ventricular contractions on PatientsLikeMe?

Age

Age Proportion # of patients
<20 1
20s 18
30s 38
40s 87
50s 111
60s 78
70+ 58

Distribution of sex

Sex

Sex Proportion # of patients
Male 98
Female 284

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What is premature ventricular contractions?

Premature ventricular contractions are additional heartbeats that are initiated by the abnormal pumping of one of the ventricles of the heart, disrupting the regular heart rhythm. This causes a feeling of a skipped beat in the chest.



Common symptoms reported by people with premature ventricular contractions

Common symptoms
How bad it is
What people are taking for it

Reports may be affected by other conditions and/or medication side effects. We ask about general symptoms (anxious mood, depressed mood, fatigue, pain, and stress) regardless of condition.
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Treatments taken by people for premature ventricular contractions

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Compare treatments taken by people with premature ventricular contractions

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Who has premature ventricular contractions on PatientsLikeMe?

  • 0 new patients joined this month
  • 150 say PVC is their primary condition

Age
Age Proportion # of patients
<20 1
20s 18
30s 38
40s 87
50s 111
60s 78
70+ 58

Distribution of sex

Sex
Sex Proportion # of patients
Male 98
Female 284

Diagnosis status
Diagnosis status Proportion # of patients
Diagnosed 179
Not Diagnosed 10

These charts show data from PVC patients who have completed their condition history
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