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Premature ventricular contractions: Reassure or refer?

Baris Akdemir, MD, Hirad Yarmohammadi, MD, MPH, M. Chadi Alraies, MD, FACP and Wayne O. Adkisson, MD, FHRS, FACC
Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine July 2016, 83 (7) 524-530; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.83a.15090

ABSTRACT

When patients present with palpitations, the primary care physician can perform the initial evaluation and treatment for premature ventricular contractions (PVCs). Many patients need only reassurance and do not need to see a cardiologist.

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  1. Baris Akdemir, MD⇑
  1. Cardiovascular Division, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis
  1. ADDRESS:
    Baris Akdemir MD, Cardiovascular Division, University of Minnesota Medical School, Mail Code 508, 420 Delaware St SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455; akdem002{at}umn.edu
  1. Hirad Yarmohammadi, MD, MPH
  1. Cardiovascular Division, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis
  1. M. Chadi Alraies, MD, FACP
  1. Cardiovascular Division, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis
  1. Wayne O. Adkisson, MD, FHRS, FACC
  1. Cardiovascular Division, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis

ABSTRACT

When patients present with palpitations, the primary care physician can perform the initial evaluation and treatment for premature ventricular contractions (PVCs). Many patients need only reassurance and do not need to see a cardiologist.

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