Question Title: arrhythmia and tachycardia and the g.i.

I am sorry, I seem to have made a mistake in responding to a thread rather than writing my own question.Please excuse me, I have never been to this forum before. I would like to know if there is a centre where the relationship between cardiac arrhythmias and the gut is recognised and treated. I am now 58 and am concerned about how long my heart can handle these intense episodes, which always seem related to food intake. I get both short runs of abnormal beats and up to 4 hour attacks of tachycardia and belching {rates up to 150 beats}. I take metoprolol and ativan during a severe attack, and also GasX. I wish I could prevent them.For a long time they were diagnosed as panic attacks, but that diagnosis has now been withdrawn due to the severity and prolongation of symptoms and the accompanying gastric symptoms. I do hope you can advise me. This is really affecting my life.The short arrhythmias are the worst as I feel dizzy and as if they won't stop. A belch helps stop them.

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Dear Val,
I suggest that you contact your cardiologist to discuss prophylactic therapy for these arrythmias. It is unlikely that one can prevent the GI trigger.

This information is presented for educational purposes. Ask specific questions to your personal physician.

HFHSM.D.-rf
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