Adrienne
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A few months ago I mentioned that my husband was having irregular heartbeats. Well, he had a Holter monitor, and he just saw his doctor and got a copy of the results. The conclusion of the report says: Sinus arrhythmia with episodes of essentially nocturnal bradycardia and a pause of 2.1 seconds. No other significant arrhythmia.
The report says that he is in bradycardia 33% of the time (below 60 bpm). However, seeing that he works out a lot, even before he started getting this arrhythmia, he often had a HR of 55 bpm when lying down, so I am more worried about the times it goes down to 40 bpm.
His doctor was not too worried, but gave him a referral to a cardiologist. My husband told the doctor he works out very hard at the YMCA both at the gym and in the pool. The doctor said maybe he should be more moderate for now, but my husband told me he?s going to continue doing what he?s been doing for now and then see what the cardiologist says. Actually, he doesn?t seem to get the irregular heartbeat when he is working out, but rather when he is quiet.
Anyhow, I will keep all of you posted after he sees the cardiologist (he has to call tomorrow morning for an appointment).
The report says that he is in bradycardia 33% of the time (below 60 bpm). However, seeing that he works out a lot, even before he started getting this arrhythmia, he often had a HR of 55 bpm when lying down, so I am more worried about the times it goes down to 40 bpm.
His doctor was not too worried, but gave him a referral to a cardiologist. My husband told the doctor he works out very hard at the YMCA both at the gym and in the pool. The doctor said maybe he should be more moderate for now, but my husband told me he?s going to continue doing what he?s been doing for now and then see what the cardiologist says. Actually, he doesn?t seem to get the irregular heartbeat when he is working out, but rather when he is quiet.
Anyhow, I will keep all of you posted after he sees the cardiologist (he has to call tomorrow morning for an appointment).