i had a bout of tachycardia with chest pain, sweating, dizziness a few days ago.....my heart rate was 162, so i went to a&e and they did tests and kept me in over night. my d dimers were raise but only slightley (300) my heart rate came down by its self so i got sent home the following day. my heart now feels like its doing summersaults even when i am falling asleep with a gittery feeling my heart rate is currently 90/9 i am in bed doing nothing... what should i do??? what is wrong with me... had this for 11 years and on answers!!
Hi, Welcome. Palpitations & tachycardia could be normal sinus tachycardia due to anxiety or stress, or it could be supra ventricular arrhythmia. For the diagnosis you have to do ECG at the time of palpitations & increased heart rate to know the exact tachycardia. I can understand your situation that despite doing all the tests you are not able to find a cause. I am advising you for some more tests which may make your tachycardia apparent for diagnosis. These are Stress Echo, holder monitoring & thyroid profile. Stress echo will detect any arrhythmia during stress. Holder monitoring is 24hr ECG monitoring to continuously detect your heart rhythm. Follow up after these tests so that further management could be planned. Thanks