question: I am a 24 year old female diagnosed with benign PACs/PVCs (halter and echo were normal minus the heart palps).  While working out yesterday I used the heart rate monitor on the elliptical and it gave me a reading of 215 bpm.  This seems really high, but Ive had this issue before on such machines (where you touch the metal handles to get your heart rate).  So I actually have two questions