What Causes Irregular Heart Beats?

Posted on Thu, 20 Aug 2015

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Thu, 20 Aug 2015 Answered on

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Question : I have a strong heart beat followed by a weak one

Answered by Dr. Ilir Sharka (21 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
An arrhythmia should be ruled in / out

Detailed Answer:
Hello!

Thank you for asking on HCM!

Regarding your concern, I would like to explain that your symptoms may be related to an extra systolic arrhythmia (bigeminy).

I recommend consulting with your doctor for a careful physical examination, a resting ECG, and some lab tests (a complete blood count, kidney and liver function tests , thyroid hormone levels, blood electrolytes,etc.).

If arhythmia is confirmed an ambulatory 24 hours ECG monitoring and a cardiac ultrasound should be performed.

Hope to have been helpful!

Feel free to ask any other questions whenever you need!

Greetings! Dr. Iliri

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar