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What Does High BP Along With Chest Pain And Breathing Difficulty Indicate?
I have had 2 separate spells of extremely high blood pressures154/108 pulse 127 with some medium chest pain and difficulty breathing. I have afib and have a pacemaker. Some of my low pulses were 56 and 61 .my pacer is set at 70. Do I continue to sit it out at home next time this happens. First time it lasted over 3 hrs and I d been sleeping . 2 nd I was walking in the yard . This leaves me extremely exhausted and weak.
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* As per my clinical experience, there must be underlying cardiac issue which is not responding to pace maker.
* In our clinic, I recommend patient to undertake a 2D Echo examination of the heart for further management guidelines.
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What Does High BP Along With Chest Pain And Breathing Difficulty Indicate?
Hello and Welcome to ‘Ask A Doctor’ service. I have reviewed your query and here is my advice. * As per my clinical experience, there must be underlying cardiac issue which is not responding to pace maker. * In our clinic, I recommend patient to undertake a 2D Echo examination of the heart for further management guidelines. Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.