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What Causes Faster Heart Rate And Feeling Of Passing Out?

hi my name is jackie i have had a total knee replacement may 31st 2012 and for the last 3 nights i keep waking up with a fast heart rate when getting up to go to bathroom i am on warafin celabrex and highblood pressure what could cause the fast heart rate and me wanting to pass out
Tue, 29 Sep 2015
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Fast rate or tachycardia can be due to pain in post operative period,dehydration, stress induced, electrolyte imbalances.
Please check out with all these,
All the best
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What Causes Faster Heart Rate And Feeling Of Passing Out?

Hi Fast rate or tachycardia can be due to pain in post operative period,dehydration, stress induced, electrolyte imbalances. Please check out with all these, All the best