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What Causes Low Heart Rate?
I am a 55 yr old male who takes a statin for high cholestrol. Fairly active. My question is that my heart rate seems to have lowered over the last couple of days to around 42-44 bpm. it used to be like this around 15 years ago all the time. my normal heart rate is 54-60 bpm. I have an odd cough that accompanies this.
Wed, 1 Aug 2018
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After going through the medical details provided by you I understand your concern and i would like to tell you that 42-44 heart rate is definitely low but sometimes it is normal if you are very much physically active especially in athletes, but an evaluation to exclude any cardiac rhythm disorder is required. Kindly get an ECG, echocardiography and HOLTER ( ambulatory ECG Monitoring ) for minimum 48 hours done and consult a Cardiologist for physical evaluation.
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After going through the medical details provided by you I understand your concern and i would like to tell you that 42-44 heart rate is definitely low but sometimes it is normal if you are very much physically active especially in athletes, but an evaluation to exclude any cardiac rhythm disorder is required. Kindly get an ECG, echocardiography and HOLTER ( ambulatory ECG Monitoring ) for minimum 48 hours done and consult a Cardiologist for physical evaluation.
Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.
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