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Very low resting heart rate - what could be wrong!
Heart Rhythm Conditions | Last Active: 42 minutes ago | Replies (22)Comment receiving replies
Isadora, congratulation on beating cancer.
Push for answers; ask for a Holter Monitor.
Low resting heart rate is common for elite athletes. And with abdominal cancer treatment low heart rate increases survival rates. But abdominal cancer and treatments can cause damage to the heart's electrical system that might not be evidenced on the few seconds captured on an office ECG.
Rainyday's advice is well taken.
You shouldn't have any trouble getting the holter.
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isadora 2021, while it doesn't seem that you have need for immediate help, you should be able to send a note to the doctor telling them that you would like to have Holter monitoring. If you experience the low rate every day 24 hours might capture it. Monitoring can be extended to 48 hours or more.
You shouldn't need another appointment with the PCP to have this ordered. Some PCP offices have the equipment. If your doctor's office doesn't, your primary should honor your request for a referral, maybe to a Cardiac electrophysiologist.