Two weeks post Covid and getting some ectopic beats My heart has been rock solid for 10 years after an ablation by Dr. natalie. I finished a bout of covid two weeks ago and I am noticing I am getting some ectopic or something. I did a few ECG's on my watch and notice that when looking at the length of blocks a typical series takes when I feel the ectopic if the normal took 5 blocks I would get a 4 block and then a six block then it would go back to 5 blocks again. Has anyone gotten this after having covid? https://www.afibbers.org/forum/read.php?9,192284,192284#msg-192284 Fri, 23 Oct 2026 20:58:08 +0000 Phorum 5.2.23 https://www.afibbers.org/forum/read.php?9,192284,192377#msg-192377 Re: Two weeks post Covid and getting some ectopic beats https://www.afibbers.org/forum/read.php?9,192284,192377#msg-192377 Covid was the strangest illness ive ever had & im 70. Nothing is close and i wasn’t terribly sick. Fatigue dizziness vertigo strange dreams etc]]> Poppino AFIBBERS FORUM Fri, 08 Sep 2023 19:51:29 +0000 https://www.afibbers.org/forum/read.php?9,192284,192327#msg-192327 Re: Two weeks post Covid and getting some ectopic beats https://www.afibbers.org/forum/read.php?9,192284,192327#msg-192327
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My heart has been rock solid for 10 years after an ablation by Dr. natalie. I finished a bout of covid two weeks ago and I am noticing I am getting some ectopic or something. I did a few ECG's on my watch and notice that when looking at the length of blocks a typical series takes when I feel the ectopic if the normal took 5 blocks I would get a 4 block and then a six block then it would go back to 5 blocks again. Has anyone gotten this after having covid?

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This is a one off and the a few minutes later another one.

Visualizing this, it sounds like a single PAC followed by a compensatory beat. With what you describe, the "normal" beats at 5 blocks or boxes, is 60 BPM, the PAC beat is 4 blocks or boxes at 75 BPM, which is premature, but not very premature. Then the compensatory beat is 6 blocks or boxes at 50 BPM. Compensatory beats happen at the same point in time that they would have happened had there been no PAC beat. Here is an article on these compensatory pauses.

Moderator Shannon & I have chatted about this in the past and he says that Natale's team has seen some unusual rhythm things happening with COVID.

Here is a case report. "COVID-19 has been linked to atrial arrhythmias. Clinical course of atrial arrhythmias is unknown following recovery from the virus." [www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]. The good news is that one of these every few minutes is not a large burden.]]> GeorgeN AFIBBERS FORUM Tue, 05 Sep 2023 12:14:30 +0000 https://www.afibbers.org/forum/read.php?9,192284,192307#msg-192307 Re: Two weeks post Covid and getting some ectopic beats https://www.afibbers.org/forum/read.php?9,192284,192307#msg-192307 Carey AFIBBERS FORUM Mon, 04 Sep 2023 15:36:22 +0000 https://www.afibbers.org/forum/read.php?9,192284,192304#msg-192304 Re: Two weeks post Covid and getting some ectopic beats https://www.afibbers.org/forum/read.php?9,192284,192304#msg-192304
[www.youtube.com] Watch several and decide what's right for you.]]> KingFizzy AFIBBERS FORUM Mon, 04 Sep 2023 15:08:26 +0000 https://www.afibbers.org/forum/read.php?9,192284,192300#msg-192300 Re: Two weeks post Covid and getting some ectopic beats https://www.afibbers.org/forum/read.php?9,192284,192300#msg-192300 KenH AFIBBERS FORUM Mon, 04 Sep 2023 12:57:49 +0000 https://www.afibbers.org/forum/read.php?9,192284,192298#msg-192298 Re: Two weeks post Covid and getting some ectopic beats https://www.afibbers.org/forum/read.php?9,192284,192298#msg-192298 GeorgeN AFIBBERS FORUM Mon, 04 Sep 2023 12:05:42 +0000 https://www.afibbers.org/forum/read.php?9,192284,192290#msg-192290 Re: Two weeks post Covid and getting some ectopic beats https://www.afibbers.org/forum/read.php?9,192284,192290#msg-192290
If things don't settle down over the next month, I would ask for a Holter monitor and to wear it for several days. They do get in the way, but they do their stuff well, and the tale will be in the readout when they look at the archive.]]> gloaming AFIBBERS FORUM Mon, 04 Sep 2023 04:52:30 +0000 https://www.afibbers.org/forum/read.php?9,192284,192289#msg-192289 Re: Two weeks post Covid and getting some ectopic beats https://www.afibbers.org/forum/read.php?9,192284,192289#msg-192289 Carey AFIBBERS FORUM Mon, 04 Sep 2023 03:34:37 +0000 https://www.afibbers.org/forum/read.php?9,192284,192284#msg-192284 Two weeks post Covid and getting some ectopic beats https://www.afibbers.org/forum/read.php?9,192284,192284#msg-192284 KenH AFIBBERS FORUM Sun, 03 Sep 2023 23:53:01 +0000