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84 Year Old With Missing Pulse. Cordarone Suggested. Any Opinions?
I live in Delhi. My vegetarian father is 84 year old. He informed me that his pulse is missing at time. I checked by way of putting my right hand thumb on his right hand wrist the place where the pulse can be felt. I observed some times it is not being felt after ten beats, some after 25 beats. I checked with a neuro-surgeon. He told me it is normal. However, the surgeon suggested cararone. Please advise me.........
Wed, 30 Jan 2013
hello and welcome to HCM,
normally we can found occassionally missed beats in normal person also, but its usually less than 6 in a minutes. even as your father is more than 80 years old, better to do an ECG. and if he has any heart related problem consult cardiologist. if he has no symptoms and only occassional missed beats, usually we avoid cordarone.
wish you all a healthy heart..
SUBROTO
normally we can found occassionally missed beats in normal person also, but its usually less than 6 in a minutes. even as your father is more than 80 years old, better to do an ECG. and if he has any heart related problem consult cardiologist. if he has no symptoms and only occassional missed beats, usually we avoid cordarone.
wish you all a healthy heart..
SUBROTO
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