It’s a new year and there’s no better way to start it off than with a few more arrhythmias.  I’ve had palpitations regularly over the last couple of months.  That seems pretty normal and I’m getting used to having the SVTs every few weeks.  Mostly they are pretty minor but seem to be worse when I’m stressed like when I’m entertaining over the holidays.  Usually they get worse the week after a stressful time.  This week I’ve been having them pretty regularly and got a chance to record one today.  For today’s SVT you can view the Start (CLICK HERE FOR ECG) and End (CLICK HERE FOR ECG).  Both of these are the Lead II view.  This SVT ran about 220 beats per minute and lasted about a minute and a half.

On another note… earlier this week I spilled a bit of freshly brewed hot coffee on my hand.  It hurt, but more interesting was that my body reacted within a second or two by having an immediate and strong SVT.  After dealing with the coffee spill I took a moment to perform a vagal maneuver to convert the SVT back to sinus.  I tend to hold my breath with preasure and slowly let it out concentrating on the beats pounding in my head.  This almost always works for me to convert the SVT.