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What Causes Intermittent Pulsating In The Temple In A Person Having Heart Problem?
My 80 year old mother has an irregular heartbeat and under care of cardiologist, however in the last 2 days, she has experienced intermittent pulsating in her temple above her heart and pain that goes around to her back...then it disappears....it happened when she was resting with no strenuous activity.
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She will need examination / and probably investigation...
Temporal arteritis, electrolytes especially potassium and so on – ned to be looked into
EKG / HOLTER (24 to 48 hour ambulatory monitoring – for arrhythmia) / ECHOcardiogram (for clot) / LABORATORY work-up – may all be necessary for further assessment and assistance.
Take care
Wishing all well
God bless
Welcome to Health Care Magic
She will need examination / and probably investigation...
Temporal arteritis, electrolytes especially potassium and so on – ned to be looked into
EKG / HOLTER (24 to 48 hour ambulatory monitoring – for arrhythmia) / ECHOcardiogram (for clot) / LABORATORY work-up – may all be necessary for further assessment and assistance.
Take care
Wishing all well
God bless
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