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What exactly is a "heart pause?"
I think this is happening to me....if I take a deep breath...my heart feels like it's pausing...beat(deep breath)....beat beat beat....sometimes the pause becomes so exaggerated....that I wonder if it's going to start beating in a normal sinus rhythm....scares the blankety blank outta me!!!
My cardiologist has seen this on an echo but said I must have been using the bathroom....whatever....but he didn't seem to concerned....why not??
What causes this and is my heart actually pausing......
My cardiologist has seen this on an echo but said I must have been using the bathroom....whatever....but he didn't seem to concerned....why not??
What causes this and is my heart actually pausing......
That's crazy.....so is that the same thing as "heart pausing"....
Your doctor is probably thinking you are doing a vagal maneuver which we do when we go to the bathroom. We "bear down." This causes the heart to slow down by increasing intra-thoracic pressure. They actually teach you this for SVT or tachycardia. This particular maneuver is called Valsalva. Anyway, when you take a deep breath, you are also increasing intra-thoracic pressure so your body slows your heart down temporarily. This is normal. Most people who are not conscious of their hearts, like we are, never even feel this!
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