I’ve recently spent 3 days in hospital (second time in a fortnight) on the cardiac ward. I have all kinds of tests and been poked and prodded. I’ve had a CAT scan (on my head?) a chest X-ray, blood tests, and Echo test, an ECG (a lot of these) and blood tests. I have to go back in for a MRI on my heart and a lung function test. The first time i went in they gave me inhalers as they thought that i had astma.
I don’t want to worry myself unessesarily between now and when i go back in, but does anyone know what could cause a slow heart rate? They said that it wasn’t much to worry about, yet the doctors and nurses kept on bringing it up and looked concerned. Also it was annoying as the alarms kept going off as i was on a mobile ECG machine for 3 days.
I’m not what i would consider very fit for me, I don’t ride that much anymore but do a bit of running. My resting heart rate is 37 (or 40 is sitting up chatting to the nurses) and other syptoms are tight chest and breathlessness when i start doing exercise, or occasionally just walking around. Oh and sudden tiredness for no reason. The only info i go of the doc was that the left side of my heart was a bit bigger than normal and that i had a condition that apparently 20% of people are born with in that the two halfs of my heart are not joined? properly? It was hard to get definate answers as i don’t think i was pushy enough with them and i figuered they would send the results to my gp and she could explain it to me but she’s just gone on holiday for 2 weeks.
Cheers (again) in advance.