What causes rapid heart rate for few minutes?
Patient: I was laying in bed and my heart whent from normal to Extremely fast like i was about to have a heart attack and then it stopped for almost a full minute and then started normally again what happened my friends told me it could be a heart murmer but it really scared me could you tell me what happened? Doctor: HiIncreased heart rate & palpitations can have a lot of causes.It can be normal sinus tachycardia due to anxiety or stress or it could be abnormal supra ventricular tachycardia. For the diagnosis, you need to do ECG at the time of palpitation & tachycardia. If the duration of palpitations are short enough to reach a nearby hospital, we put a 24hr ECG monitoring (Holter Monitor). You also need to do a 2D Echo & thyroid function test to see for any associated abnormality if any.Thanks