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Yeah, that might be the case, as I was also able to hear the beats in my ears

Palpitations is my guess

Yesterday, during intercourse, I noticed a scratchy sound coming from my chest as my heart rate increased. It was loud enough that my...

Can't believe this time last year I was going into surgery to have my aortic valve replaced with a shiny new mechanical valve. I came on...

Well, I guess the culprit is dehydration caused by diuretics and Ramipril.

Not really. Here are the figures from the last few days.

The doctor would know better what they meant :) In principle, it could be a way to raise the blood pressure. Although other physical...

Chronic a-fib caused my cardiologist to raise my INR range from 2-3 to 2.5-3.5.

@3mm Thank you very much! This is a great explanation. I will start using this method from now on.

For the past few days, I have been experiencing light-headedness, particularly during prolonged sitting or while using my cellphone. The...

UPDATE: My echo last week (3.5 months post-op) is all normal. EF is now 55-60%, no pericardial effusion etc. All concerns noted earlier...

in that case what I was going to suggest won't be the case ;-)

It's warfarin.

They mostly recommend keeping it around 2.0, but during this entire period, it was observed as low as 1.3 and at a maximum of 2.8

My INR was set to 2 for six months after surgery with an annuloplasty ring, but they kept me on warfarin due to AFib. Because of this, I...