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What Is The Solution For Waking Up With An Extremely Heavy Heart Beat, Racing Pulse, Dizziness?
hi there...have a question I'm hoping you could answer...woke up from sleeping in the middle of the night with a extremely heavy heart beat and racing pulse....felt a bit dizzy...took a while to subside but finally came back to normal within ten minutes...any help would be appreciated...thank you
Tue, 25 Mar 2014
Dear patient,
Thanks for the query. Given the presence of a sudden, fast heart rhythm at rest that subsides on its own, a cardiac arrhythmia needs to be ruled out; depending on the frequency of the symptoms, this could be achieved with a Holter monitor (if symptoms repeat themselves everyday) or an event monitor (less frequent symptoms).
Hope this helps, wish you the best,
Dr Brenes-Salazar MD
Mayo Clinic MN
Cardiology
Thanks for the query. Given the presence of a sudden, fast heart rhythm at rest that subsides on its own, a cardiac arrhythmia needs to be ruled out; depending on the frequency of the symptoms, this could be achieved with a Holter monitor (if symptoms repeat themselves everyday) or an event monitor (less frequent symptoms).
Hope this helps, wish you the best,
Dr Brenes-Salazar MD
Mayo Clinic MN
Cardiology
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