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What Causes Fast Heart Rate And Abnormal EKG?
My mother had a quadruple bypass in August of 2009. She went to the dr. this morning and her heart rate was fast and had an abnormal EKG. They sent her to ER and they did another EKG and it was normal and they sent her home. Should we be concernced?
Wed, 22 Mar 2017
Hello. I understand your concern towards your mom's health hopefully, she will be fine. From your explanation, your mom probably has supraventricular tachycardia (SVT) more specifically "Paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia". It's not harmful most of the time, just could be scary. Most of the time they spring up suddenly but go away in an instance and rarely require medications, except if physical maneuver fails. Warm regards
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