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Suggest Treatment For Irregular Heart Rate

Posted on Mon, 28 Sep 2015

Question: I have been working outside and I seem to be out of breath. I can in and checked my blood pressure and it was 121/69 and my pulse rate was 97. But what was strange is my heart rate was irregular. I have a stethacrope and it does sound it regular does. I have no chest pains. What could be wrong.

Answered by Dr. Ralf Von Seckendorff (4 hours later)

Brief Answer:
Possible heart rythm dysfuntion, example afib

Detailed Answer:
Dear patient,

Possible reason is a heart rythm problem like atrial fibrillation (possible example). Pulse rate is slightly high, but might be due to working. In your case I would normally do a standard ekg first and depending on the findings a 24-hour ekg may follow.

Best regards

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