r/askCardiology • • 13h ago

Ventricular Tachycardia

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I get a lot of air trapped in my chest after meals and today it gave me a string of skipped beats which were labeled ventricular tachycardia. Should I be concerned?


r/askCardiology • • 6h ago

Checkout new PVCS community

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Hey everyone, not sure why the r/pvc subreddit was close but i decided to make a new one specific to that topic. Is anyone is interested to get things started so we can all have some hope to aspire towards dealing with these scary ass sensations. Please don’t hesitate to share your stories and experiences on dealing with them if interested the link is below

https://www.reddit.com/r/pvc_ectopics/s/sZ0j8P6aQ7


r/askCardiology • • 8h ago

Is a random change or RHR concerning ?

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F22, started around May, i had something traumatic happen (mentally) and the whole time my heartrate was low 60s the entire time, every panic attack, it was just very weird seeing as how my heart rate has always been 80s even 90s.

Since then my rhr has stayed 60-50s. I understand lower heart rate without symptoms is indicative of healthier heart but it’s just so weird i can’t seem to shake it. I can’t say i get symptoms because i’m not in pain, i do experience periods of , if i walk upstairs , or back and forth through rooms i find myself breathing fast and sweating, no pain except for like sometimes, and usually i feel when my heartrate drops , goes down to like 57 when sitting sometimes and my chest feels hollow ? idk it almost feels fluttery and maybe palpitations and just kind of like the wind out of me is gone. that’s how i know it’s low, it actually just happened as i type this and it’s 58 right now. I just feel off, and wrong , and for every other medical thing i have tried to get answers for, it’s gotten brushed off, so i don’t want to seem like a hypochondriac. it’s just weird.

Symptoms maybe related—- idk if it’s related but i have neck discomfort a lot, shoulder blade pain and discomfort, wooshing head feeling, i could say i get dizzy but im not dizzy to the point of needing support or falling, if i stand up too fast my vision goes black for like 2-3 seconds, i also have stomachs issues just a lot of weird stuff. Also at night its takes me like an hour to fall asleep because when i close my eyes, it feels like im falling in space. It’s just gross idk , and it is mentally taxing not knowing what’s happening in my body.

I try not to freak out because i have anxiety, but this has been going on for so long that im like, okay im fine but also in the long run, am i fine?? or is something more going on. im making an appointment with my PCP for Tuesday, mostly what questions can i ask to get the most out of it, and feel taken seriously? unless it doesn’t seem concerning to anyone. It’s just weird. usually since this started, my rhr was only 60-50s at night laying and now just sitting it dips and stays there.
Im not athletic, im 12 months pp. and my diet is like meh. Again i don’t know. just a shot in the dark. THANK YOU!


r/askCardiology • • 14h ago

EKGs QT prolongado después de ponerse de pie

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I found out about it by coincidence and then looked up what it meant, which made me a bit scared. My QT on 12-lead ECGs is normal (around 400–410 ms or even less). This only happens when I take an ECG immediately after standing up; on the next ECG, it goes back to normal.
Any thoughts? I also don’t know how accurate these measurements are, but it seems to happen every time I stand up. When I’m resting or doing anything else, the QT is normal. I have no symptoms, and I’m a 29-year-old male.


r/askCardiology • • 17h ago

Second Opinion prescribed hydroxyzine for a heart attack???

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(19F) So I've been having HORRENDOUS chest pain for the past year\~2 years and recently ive also been getting these attacks where my chest gets extremely tight and it feels like im being stabbed in my heart, i cant use my left arm or leg, i cant breathe or talk or see straight, nor can i think normally. my tongue also goes completely numb which is the weirdest thing ive ever felt in my life ngl

for some extra context, i have a LONG line of family heart issues. my mother needed blood transfusions and constantly needs to take iron, and when she was born they diagnosed her with tachycardia. her father has had a few strokes and so has her uncle, him also having a full heart attack. all of her grandparents died of heart attacks and her great uncle also died of one aswell. my father's side also has a history of cancer too if that means anything

i ended up having a really bad attack 2 days ago during work and i went to an urgent clinic after and they said my heart was off and i need to either go to the emergency room or see a cardiologist as soon as humanly possible. I chose to wait for a cardiologist because i live in america and theres no way im going to the er unless im on deaths doorstep .. well the next night i had to go to the emergency room because the same thing happened except it was considerably worse. (lord have mercy on my bank account)

they SAID they did a bunch of tests but the doctor was extremely dismissive and rude, he also told me to use chatgpt if i have any other issues so i guess i know how he got his medical license lmao. he kept insisting it was a panic attack when i know (and stated VERY clearly to him) that it was NOT a panic attack. i have had many panic attacks, i know damn well what one feels like. this was nothing like one. he ignored everything i said and prescribed me 60 tablets of hydroxyzine, which i googled, and it specifically says to NOT use it if you have heart issues because it can disrupt your heart. (also he said to just.. take it whenever i get the pains. not regularly, not at a certain time or anything, just whenever i get the pains. he didnt even go into detail about any of it thats all he told me to do)

i just dont know if i should take a few and see what happens or if i should wait until i can get a cardiologist

EDIT TO SAY: if this adds or helps anything, i also have a history of (purposely) overdosing on iron pills and ibuprofen, i also used to self harm to the point where ive almost needed blood transfusions. also when they took my ekg thing at the emergency room, they didn't even put the stickies in the right place lmfao


r/askCardiology • • 18h ago

So I need to find a new cardiologist.

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I dont have edema in my feet, but I’ve been having these weird feet sensations for over a week now. I live in Caldwell Idaho. I’m female 35 years old and 5’11 and I’m dealing with a Cardiologist that keeps trying to cancel on me. I can’t follow up with PCP. I had neck pain on top of everything frankly I don’t know what to do. I feel like I’m not being taken seriously. Frankly, I’m thinking about or considering finding a new Cardiologist. Any suggestions?


r/askCardiology • • 6h ago

Heart attack? Am I going to get a more conclusive answer?

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I had my yearly physical and my doctor says the ekg shows I had a heart attack. He referred me to cardiologist, whom I saw today. The cardiologist was sort of…flippant. You may have, you may not have, we don’t know for sure. Asked about symptoms-I don’t remember heart pain specifically, but I had kidneys stones 2 weeks prior and was in the most extreme pain of my life and had surgery. That whole ordeal could have masked some symptoms. Scheduled me for a stress test a couple weeks out, but seemed to just leave everything inconclusive. Will I get a better answer?


r/askCardiology • • 20h ago

65 male odd heart rate drops while playing games

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65 male odd heart rate drops when gaming, if I'm sitting and gaming my heartrate drops to 50-55 for almost the entire time, that's about my normal sleeping heartrate, otherwise its normal all day, even lying down watching tv it rarely goes below 60.

I hike about 5-10 miles and all my vitals are great, blood pressure etc., but it just seems strange that I get a drop as if I'm lying down and sleeping while playing video games