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What Causes A Fast Heart Rate?

My brother is having a heart cath tomorrow. Apparently he has had a heart attack sometime in the last ten years.

His heart rate has become uncontrollable with meds and sontinues to beat at 131. He said the doctor told him some rate (he couldn't remember) was at 25 and should be higher. Can you perhaps clarify what this may mean?
posted on Fri, 14 Mar 2014
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Hello and Welcome to ‘Ask A Doctor’ service.
I have reviewed your query and here is my advice.

I would explain that his symptoms could be related to cardiac arrhythmia. For this reason, I would recommend consulting with his attending physician and performing some tests:
- a resting ECG and a cardiac ultrasound
- an ambulatory 24-48 hours ECG monitoring to investigate for cardiac arrhythmia
- thyroid hormone levels
- blood electrolytes
- complete blood count.

You should discuss with his doctor on the above tests.
Hope to have been helpful!
Kind regards,
Dr. Iliri
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What Causes A Fast Heart Rate?

Hello and Welcome to ‘Ask A Doctor’ service. I have reviewed your query and here is my advice. I would explain that his symptoms could be related to cardiac arrhythmia. For this reason, I would recommend consulting with his attending physician and performing some tests: - a resting ECG and a cardiac ultrasound - an ambulatory 24-48 hours ECG monitoring to investigate for cardiac arrhythmia - thyroid hormone levels - blood electrolytes - complete blood count. You should discuss with his doctor on the above tests. Hope to have been helpful! Kind regards, Dr. Iliri