The current problem is the accurate diagnosis of your arrhythmia. It is due to atrial fibrillation of premature beats ? If it is till very symptomatic after you use one or two types of antiarrhythmic drugs, then you can choose the catheter ablation therapy to cure it.
The frequent exercise of lifting weights may increase the frequency of atrial fibrillation episodes. If you find the AF is related to your hobby of lifting weights, please decrease the exercise frequency
Please make the appointment with the doctors again, and take the 24-hour Holtor monitoring or the event recorder to detect the cause of the irregular beats. The single trip ECG can not tell you the much information. Dr. Chen
You may be having an arrhythmia, irregular pulse on your BP monitor could be related to frequent premature atrial or ventricular contractions or atrial fibrillation. you should get an EKG or get a heart rhythm monitor for furhter evaluation, especially if you have symptoms associated with this.
There are several reasons why your baseline heart rate can be high. Most common reasons are - anxiety, dehydration, stimulants like caffeine, drugs of abuse, anemia, hyperthyroidism and inappropriate sinus tachycardia. you should try to identify which of these fits your situation. if there is something that you cannot change with life style modification you should consider talking to your doctor for further work up.
do you have any cardiomyopathy. It is rather unusual to have Atrial fibrillation, ventricular tachycardia and QT interval issues all at the same time. Coming to your question regarding medical marijuana that is bad idea. You should know that marijuana (cannabis) can increase your risk for ventricular tachycardia. you should be worked up furhter and see if you are a candidate for an implantable cardioverter defibrillator. Good luck.
In the absence of any significant family history of premature coronary artery disease and other existing risk factors for CAD it is less likely for these symptoms to be related to CAD. I would recommend for you to try proton pump inhibitors like prolisec. if that doesn't help plz see your doctor.
As I understand it this looks like musculo skeletal pain. it is inflammation not infection you can take some ibuprofen and acetaminophen. if the pain doesn't get better you should go back to your doctor for furhter evaluation.
Please see your doctor. This could many things like - GERD/asthma/musculoskeletal pain/ cardiac arrhythmias. you need a systematic work up.
Dr. Andrea Natale
Dr. Andrea Natale is a board certified electrophysiology expert and practices at executive medical director of the Texas Cardiac Arrhythmia Institute at St. David's Medical Center in Austin, Texas. Dr. Natale also is the Senior Medical Director at Pacific Atrial Fib and Arrhythmia Center in San Francisco. He visits MetroHealth in Cleveland, and Akron General, Ohio. He has pioneered a new circumferential ultrasound vein-ablation system to correct atrial fibrillation and performed the procedure on the world's first five patients. For further details Please visit :Link
Dr. Dhanunjaya Lakkireddy
Dr. Dhanunjaya Lakkireddy, MD, F.A.C.C, FHRS. is a board certified electrophysiology expert and practices at Mid-America Cardiology and The University of Kansas Hospital Clinics in Kansas City, KS, USA. He has several distinctions in clinical and research career to his credit and serves as an associate editor for Journal of Atrial Fibrillation.For further details Please visit :Link
Dr. Dhanunjay Lakkireddy, MD, F.A.C.C, FHRS, The Kansas City Heart Rhythm Institute (KCHRI), KS, USA.
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