Hey. Did you get any explanation behind why you went into Ventricular Tachycardia - have you had a diagnosis? Do you have a history of cardiac disease in your family?
The reason I ask is, there are some cardiac gene mutations that have a strong association with endurance sports and worse outcomes / fatalities. This is because of the way that endurance sports change the physiology and musculature of the heart; and also a strong possibility of cardiac events during exercise. I’m waiting back for results on a gene mutation myself currently (my mother died of a cardiac arrest 11 years ago and we recently discovered we have a mutation in the family).
I was under the impression that exercise is severely limited in such conditions so I’m surprised that you’re cleared to run - I’m only recently learning about heart conditions and running, so I don’t know much. That being said, your best bet would be a heart rate monitor, not a watch. Apical HR doesn’t tend to be super accurate.
Hey. Did you get any explanation behind why you went into Ventricular Tachycardia - have you had a diagnosis? Do you have a history of cardiac disease in your family?
The reason I ask is, there are some cardiac gene mutations that have a strong association with endurance sports and worse outcomes / fatalities. This is because of the way that endurance sports change the physiology and musculature of the heart; and also a strong possibility of cardiac events during exercise. I’m waiting back for results on a gene mutation myself currently (my mother died of a cardiac arrest 11 years ago and we recently discovered we have a mutation in the family).
I was under the impression that exercise is severely limited in such conditions so I’m surprised that you’re cleared to run - I’m only recently learning about heart conditions and running, so I don’t know much. That being said, your best bet would be a heart rate monitor, not a watch. Apical HR doesn’t tend to be super accurate.