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What Can Cause Heart Skipping?
HI I AM A 37 YEAR OLD WOMAN, I DON'T SMOKE BUT I AM OVERWEIGHT, I HAVE BEEN EXPERIENCING MY HEART SKIPPING A BEAT AND I FEEL DIZZY, I HAVE JUST COME OFF ANTI DEPRESSENTS, I HAD AN ECG ABOUT 6 MONTHS AGO AND ALL WAS FINE, BUT NOW I AM GETTING WORRIED AGAIN
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Hi,
Skipped heart beat can be normal (VPC's) or abnormal in form of heart block or arrhythmias. As you have dizziness also so I would suggest you to put a 24hr ECG monitoring called as Holter Monitor which continuously records the heart rhythm for 24 hrs and will pick a abnormality if any and will help in guiding further management plan.
Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.
Regards,
Dr. Sameer Maheshwari
Skipped heart beat can be normal (VPC's) or abnormal in form of heart block or arrhythmias. As you have dizziness also so I would suggest you to put a 24hr ECG monitoring called as Holter Monitor which continuously records the heart rhythm for 24 hrs and will pick a abnormality if any and will help in guiding further management plan.
Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.
Regards,
Dr. Sameer Maheshwari
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