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Chronic heart palpitations and can’t determine source- any ideas?
Heart Rhythm Conditions | Last Active: Apr 29 3:17pm | Replies (25)Comment receiving replies
I’ve had a-fib since my early 50’s. My mother had it also. As far as I know, none of my siblings have it. Your heart rate goes up like afib. I have a little device called Kardia. It does an ekg by using your finger tips and records it on your phone. My cardiologist used the readings once and I had been in a-fib. It’s less than $100. Worth the money. A couple of years ago I got a Watchman device inserted in my heart. This is to keep a blood clot from forming and having a stroke, the biggest issue with a-fib. There are things that can be done once it’s needed. It took me over 10 years to reach that point. Good luck with everything.
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Please keep us posted re your Watchman. Thx
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Thank you for responding and I’m sorry you’re dealing with this. It’s great to know there are longer term solutions. I have recently started hearing more about the watchman device so will do some further research on it. I have the Kardia card and use my Apple Watch regularly to do the EKGs when I feel it coming on. I have a handle on the patterns. I almost feel like afib became a result of all the arrythmias I was experiencing. I had a variety going on ( fluttering, skipped beats, dropping suddenly) and now it feels consistently like afib with the racing. Hard to know how to treat this without knowing the cause. Thanks for the info. Really appreciate it.