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What Is The Cause Of Chest Pain?

How accurate are the puls detector monitors now available as iphone apps? Can they detect dubbel heart beats and skipped beats? I have chest pains that are under investigations are know waiting for the results from a 48h ECG test. The iphone apps are detecting irregular heart beats. Can this be the cause of the chest pain?
posted on Fri, 14 Mar 2014
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Hello dear, thanks for your question on HCM.
I can understand your situation and problem.
Yes, irregular heart beats can cause chest pain. This is known as arrhythmia.
So better to avoid stress and tension. Avoid heavy exertion. Stay at home and take rest. Wait for your 48 hour holter monitoring report.
And I phone app is accurate if your heart beats are regular but it can not show accurate results with irregular heart beats like in your case. So better to wait for the report and start appropriate treatment, till than take rest at home.
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What Is The Cause Of Chest Pain?

Hello dear, thanks for your question on HCM. I can understand your situation and problem. Yes, irregular heart beats can cause chest pain. This is known as arrhythmia. So better to avoid stress and tension. Avoid heavy exertion. Stay at home and take rest. Wait for your 48 hour holter monitoring report. And I phone app is accurate if your heart beats are regular but it can not show accurate results with irregular heart beats like in your case. So better to wait for the report and start appropriate treatment, till than take rest at home.