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Do you always go to the hospital when you have tachycardia?
Heart Rhythm Conditions | Last Active: Feb 1 3:55pm | Replies (21)Comment receiving replies
I’ve had several hours of tachycardia from last evening and also on Friday. It went back to normal in the Friday event. I did not go to the ER. But I am wondering if I should go since I had two events in three days. I am waiting to get a call back from my cardiologist. Thank you.
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Hello @marianne103,
I combined your discussions on whether or not to go to the hospital for tachycardia into one discussion so members could more easily find your situation and comment on it:
"Do you always go to the hospital when you have tachycardia?"
- https://connect.mayoclinic.org/discussion/do-you-always-go-to-the-hospital-when-you-have-tachycardia/
It sounds like your heart rate has come down some and you were able to schedule an appointment with your provider. If you are comfortable sharing, is the appointment far out in the future or were you able to get in a bit quicker?
I've gone to three different ERs when my heart rate remained over 140 for more than three hours, as advised by my cardiologist's office. But apparently the only thing the ER can do for you is rule out a heart attack. Once that's done, you'll get hooked up to a monitor and have to lie on an incredibly uncomfortable gurney for six to eight hours. In my experiences, I never received any care and I was discharged with the same pulse rate I had when I arrived. All I got was a miserable bad back. I stopped going.
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Is this new for you? Your cardiologist is the best resource!
Maybe you can ask about a "pill in the pocket" approach to tachycardia if you don't have it all the time.