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Why Did I Wake Up With Absence Of Heart Beat?

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Posted on Mon, 17 Feb 2014
Question: Woke up with no heartbeat
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Answered by Dr. Benard Shehu (33 minutes later)
Brief Answer: Further tests are needed... Detailed Answer: Hi, If you experienced to wake up with no heartbeat, I'd suggest to go to ER immediately and to run further tests : - EKG - cardiac echo - Holter monitoring - abdominal ultrasound to further evaluate your health status and identify any heart or blood vessels problem. If everything will result normal, no need to worry. Further evaluation with neurologist is needed. In case you drink alcohol frequently and/or if you use any illicit drug, those might be another cause. A further evaluation by an addictologist/toxicologist is needed. Otherwise, nothing to worry about. Dr.Benard
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Why Did I Wake Up With Absence Of Heart Beat?

Brief Answer: Further tests are needed... Detailed Answer: Hi, If you experienced to wake up with no heartbeat, I'd suggest to go to ER immediately and to run further tests : - EKG - cardiac echo - Holter monitoring - abdominal ultrasound to further evaluate your health status and identify any heart or blood vessels problem. If everything will result normal, no need to worry. Further evaluation with neurologist is needed. In case you drink alcohol frequently and/or if you use any illicit drug, those might be another cause. A further evaluation by an addictologist/toxicologist is needed. Otherwise, nothing to worry about. Dr.Benard