Very weird VT run after pressure. Never seen such a pattern on ECG before, so it was interesting to see. Is it even VT? Enjoy and let me know what you think!
Very irregular heartbeat with pressure and breathplay. I always love to see my heart going nuts. Can anyone recognize what these beats seem to be? Enjoy!
Forcing the little guy to keep beating out of control, standing still and calm with a "resting" rate of like 180+, because I'm the weirdo who actually loves the feeling like my heart is going to explode 😆
While brushing my teeth I felt it start skipping so this was right after I finished up, but only caught 3 additional skips before they went away and it was back to steadily racing like crazy. Despite all the chaos though, somehow my murmur isn't that loud tonight?
Poor thing is undeniably still under huge stress and working way too hard, it just wasn't meant to handle doing this continuously, and that's what makes it incredibly hot 🫀💕
* Warning: I am not a professional, this is just a speculation based on info found online *
While looking up about commotio cordis, I learned that mechanical stress on cardiac muscle causes it to discharge an electrical signal, disrupting the electrical activity of the heart.
I thought that since pressure is causing mechanical stress on the heart, the reason why pressure causes irregular heartbeats follows a similar principle.
Irregular beats can be divided into two categories, and I will speculate why pressure causes each type of irregular beat.
1. Atrial ectopic beat
These are caused by abnormal electrical signals from the atrium. Pressure disrupts blood flow in the heart. And I think because the walls of the atria are thin, disruptions in blood flow can cause abnormal stretching of the atria walls, causing them to release abnormal electrical signals. These cause atrial ectopic beats, such as PACs, and if you’re lucky, SVT.
2. Ventricular ectopic beat
These are caused by abnormal electrical signals coming from the ventricles. Normally I don’t get much of these with light pressure, so I think that you need heavy pressure to create the sufficient mechanical stress to make the ventricles misfire. This causes PVCs and VT.
I also think that by controlling the amount and location of pressure, you can control what kind of irregular heartbeat you get. With light pressure near the base of the heart, to screw with blood flow, you get PACs and SVT. With heavy pressure on the ventricles(near the apex), you get PVCs and VT.
These are just my thoughts on how pressure works. This may be totally wrong, so don’t take it too seriously.
I’m having fun with my new ECG lol. I’m putting pressure on my heart, and trying to identify the rhythms observed on the ECG. Here is a case of PSVT I think. Feel free to correct me here :)
I keep saying I'm done with comparisons but this one really got me. Not only can you really see how much bigger my heart is, but also how much less it has to work at rest. My contractions are so much gentler.
Anyone have MRI video of athlete's hearts? The MRI head to head is more striking than comparing to echocardiograms I think.
I always loove the feeling of my heart skipping under pressure, and it sure does here! Heavy pressure on a very smalll area seems to work every time :) My heart is struggling quite a bit, especially when I pull on the rod. Sorry for the bad audio :(