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What Causes Heart Fluttering Followed By Fainting?
Question: I have been sitting down for a conference all morning. Suddenly, I felt what I can best describe as a heart flutter, and than started feeling faint. Lasted about 10 seconds, and then passed. Now I feel a bit tired but otherwise ok.
Brief Answer:
I would recommend performing some tests:
Detailed Answer:
Hello!
Thank you for asking on HCM!
Your symptoms seem to be related to cardiac arrhythmia.
I recommend consulting with your attending physician and performing some tests:
- a resting ECG and cardiac ultrasound
- an ambulatory 24-48hours ECG monitoring to examine your heart rhythm trends through the day and exclude possible arrhythmia
- thyroid hormone levels for thyroid dysfunction
- complete blood count for anemia
- blood electrolytes for possible imbalance.
Hope you will find this answer helpful!
Kind regards,
Dr. Iliri
I would recommend performing some tests:
Detailed Answer:
Hello!
Thank you for asking on HCM!
Your symptoms seem to be related to cardiac arrhythmia.
I recommend consulting with your attending physician and performing some tests:
- a resting ECG and cardiac ultrasound
- an ambulatory 24-48hours ECG monitoring to examine your heart rhythm trends through the day and exclude possible arrhythmia
- thyroid hormone levels for thyroid dysfunction
- complete blood count for anemia
- blood electrolytes for possible imbalance.
Hope you will find this answer helpful!
Kind regards,
Dr. Iliri
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