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What Causes Pulsing Feeling Below The Breastbone While Having Supraventricular Tachycardia?

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Posted on Mon, 19 Jun 2017
Question: I feel a pulsing just below my breastbone. It does not hurt at all. Just annoying but it is keeping me up. I am 57 very overweight, never smoked. I do have svt, that I am being treated for and high blood pressure. if I worry it gets worse and it is keeping me up at night...
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Answered by Dr. Ilir Sharka (52 minutes later)
Brief Answer:
I would explain as follows:

Detailed Answer:
Hello!

Welcome and thank you for asking on HCM!

Regarding your concern, I would explain that your symptoms could be related to inflammation.

But considering the fact that you have SVT, a cardiac arrhythmia can not be excluded either.

Coming to this point, I would recommend consulting with your attending physician for a careful physical exam and some tests:

- a resting ECG
- a chest XRay study
- complete blood count for anemia
- PCR and ESR for inflammation
- blood electrolytes for possible imbalance
- thyroid hormone levels for thyroid dysfunction.

If all these tests result normal, you should consider anxiety as the main cause of your complaints.

Hope to have been helpful!

Let me know about everything!

Kind regards,

Dr.Iliri
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What Causes Pulsing Feeling Below The Breastbone While Having Supraventricular Tachycardia?

Brief Answer: I would explain as follows: Detailed Answer: Hello! Welcome and thank you for asking on HCM! Regarding your concern, I would explain that your symptoms could be related to inflammation. But considering the fact that you have SVT, a cardiac arrhythmia can not be excluded either. Coming to this point, I would recommend consulting with your attending physician for a careful physical exam and some tests: - a resting ECG - a chest XRay study - complete blood count for anemia - PCR and ESR for inflammation - blood electrolytes for possible imbalance - thyroid hormone levels for thyroid dysfunction. If all these tests result normal, you should consider anxiety as the main cause of your complaints. Hope to have been helpful! Let me know about everything! Kind regards, Dr.Iliri