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What Causes Heavy Palpitations And Nausea In An Atrial Fibrillation Patient?

I am a 47 yr old male with atrial fibrillation being trweated with propranolol. Past 3 days chest has been beating out of control and today I cannot stand up without feeling faint. I am also naseaus and feel like vomiting. Is this all heart related?
Tue, 2 Jun 2015
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Hello! Thank you for asking on HCM! First of all, I would recommend to consult your attending physican for a careful physical examination, including your heart rhythm and rate, blood pressure, and possible presence of congestion, etc. A resting ECG would be necessary to judge on existing heart rhythm. The reason of your paipations seems to be an uncontrolled fast rating atrial fibrillation, and for that reason a comprehensive review of all clinical variables should be done. A cardiac ultrasound (to investigate cardiac performance, aggravating valvular disfunction, possible hypertrophy, etc), a thyroid hormone levels check, renal function tests (BUN, creatinine), and blood electrolytes, PCR, etc, are necessary to define a probable triggering factor of your complains and to decide the appropriate therapeutic regimen.
You need a review by your attending cardiologist.
Hope to have been helpful.
Feel free to ask me whenever you need. Greetings! Dr. Iliri
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What Causes Heavy Palpitations And Nausea In An Atrial Fibrillation Patient?

Hello! Thank you for asking on HCM! First of all, I would recommend to consult your attending physican for a careful physical examination, including your heart rhythm and rate, blood pressure, and possible presence of congestion, etc. A resting ECG would be necessary to judge on existing heart rhythm. The reason of your paipations seems to be an uncontrolled fast rating atrial fibrillation, and for that reason a comprehensive review of all clinical variables should be done. A cardiac ultrasound (to investigate cardiac performance, aggravating valvular disfunction, possible hypertrophy, etc), a thyroid hormone levels check, renal function tests (BUN, creatinine), and blood electrolytes, PCR, etc, are necessary to define a probable triggering factor of your complains and to decide the appropriate therapeutic regimen. You need a review by your attending cardiologist. Hope to have been helpful. Feel free to ask me whenever you need. Greetings! Dr. Iliri