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Heart Disease (Expert Forum)
Fast Heart Beat
Answered by
Cleveland Clinic - Heart
Cleveland - OH
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Doctor's Answer
by Cleveland Clinic, Oct 22, 2009 10:29PM
, Oct 22, 2009 10:29PM
It may be an arrhythmia, and can be diagnosed by the use of a Holter monitor. If you indeed have an arrhythmia, which is a disturbance in the electrical system of the heart, this can usually be treated with an EP study and an ablation. This should cure the symptoms that you are having. You need to see an electrophysiologist, which is a heart rhythm specialist and who can diagnose and treat this problem.
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Q. While sitting at my computer all of a suddun my heart starts to beat super fast for about 30 sec to a min and no other symptoms and this happens once or twice a yr for the last 8yrs, should I be concerned?
A . It may be an arrhythmia, and can be diagnosed by the use of a Holter monitor. If you indeed have an arrhythmia, which is a disturbance in the electrical system of the heart, this can usually be treated with an EP study and an ablation. This should cure the symptoms that you are having. You need to see an electrophysiologist, which is a heart rhythm specialist and who can diagnose and treat this problem.