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@gloaming

Excellent..I now know one person who was asked to do so. That's a very long time, and if it took that long to determine if you have an arrythmia, it probably, not absolutely, means you have a very slight burden.

The medication that I, if I were a consulted cardiologist (I'm just a retired Army officer), would ask you to seriously consider before declining, based on your very low burden, is a DOAC (Daily Oral Anti-Coagulant). This is only to reduce the chances of a stroke from AF, if that is what you have. I wouldn't recommend any beta or calcium channel blockers......unless....when you DO have the arrhythmia your rate is high, say over 140 BPM. Even so, you self-revert to NSR after a short time, and all is good again. It would be different if your rate stayed over 100 for a day, two, three...that's a problem and you would need a BB or CCB.

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My ekg and echo were nearly perfect which is why the cardiologist had me wear the Holter for 30 days. He wanted a longer measurement period. My afib episodes were rare and none were over 140 and always immediately went back to normal or even slightly low BPM. I am only being prescribed to prevent stroke. Thanks for your discussion.