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What Causes Drop In Heart Rate With Chest Pain?
My son is 21 years old. WHEN HE WAS 10 he had to have surgery to repair a hole in his heart. His heart rate was high so he took meds for awhile. He s been off meds for 11 years now. Lately his heart rate has been dropping suddenly and having chest pain. Only last a minute or two. He had 3 spells like that this morning. It seems if he gets mad or upset it brings one on.
Mon, 3 Aug 2015
The pains are in your son right now are not related to surgery in the heart he had before. They are mostly related to the psychological problems that he may have and emotional. If the pain is severe all the stress is also to severe it may cause a higher parasympathetic tone resulting in slow heart rate it is not dangerous but you should teach him to do biofeedback.
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