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What Is The Solution For Waking Up With An Extremely Heavy Heart Beat, Racing Pulse, Dizziness?
hi there...have a question I'm hoping you could answer...woke up from sleeping in the middle of the night with a extremely heavy heart beat and racing pulse....felt a bit dizzy...took a while to subside but finally came back to normal within ten minutes...any help would be appreciated...thank you
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Wed, 10 Jul 2013
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Dear patient,
Thanks for the query. Given the presence of a sudden, fast heart rhythm at rest that subsides on its own, a cardiac arrhythmia needs to be ruled out; depending on the frequency of the symptoms, this could be achieved with a Holter monitor (if symptoms repeat themselves everyday) or an event monitor (less frequent symptoms).
Hope this helps, wish you the best,
Dr Brenes-Salazar MD
Mayo Clinic MN
Cardiology
Thanks for the query. Given the presence of a sudden, fast heart rhythm at rest that subsides on its own, a cardiac arrhythmia needs to be ruled out; depending on the frequency of the symptoms, this could be achieved with a Holter monitor (if symptoms repeat themselves everyday) or an event monitor (less frequent symptoms).
Hope this helps, wish you the best,
Dr Brenes-Salazar MD
Mayo Clinic MN
Cardiology
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