Sinus tachycardia

[angelasutton51]

Hi

I already have aortic valve disease , just had results of 72 hour holter sinus tachycardia but the test did not pick up my other bouts of heart beats of over 200 , don't go back for 6 months , it is very frightening when this happens , it did pick up the beats under 150 but over that could mean AF can anyone advise , I also have CKD and thyroid thanks all angela

[Rellim296]

Sorry that you've had no replies to this.

Tachycardia is a heartbeat that is fast but regular. AF is an irregular beat and is often fast but some of us can have a fairly normal rate with it. An experienced eye can spot AF on an ECG / EKG because the irregularity is plainly visible and also there are no P waves.

It is not easy to diagnose AF if it comes and goes and it gets monitored only when it's not there. I hope that makes sense! Both tachycardia and AF are problems with the heart's electrical system.

Having something wrong with your heartbeat can be very frightening but both tachycardia and AF are less life threatening than they sometimes feel. It is easy to think the worst - and if it happens often over many years, it is equally possible to go the other way and disregard one's misbehaving heart.

I hope this is helpful.

[angelasutton51 in reply to Rellim296]

Thankyou for your reply I understand what you are saying , as I already have a disease heart valve I worry in case other things make it worse regards angela

[Rellim296 in reply to angelasutton51]

As said below, AliveCor (or Kardia) can be a good thing to have. You can get fitness monitors and medical monitors and it's the latter that will help with recoding the heart's activites and aid diagnosis.

[JonathanPittsCrick]

You should consider buying an AliveCor recorder which will allow you to record an ECG anytime you have a bad attack and email the result to your Dr.

They cost about £100 and work with a smart phone (iPhone or Android)

[angelasutton51 in reply to JonathanPittsCrick]

Hello wow that seems a really good idea Jonathan thankyou I will have a look into that, I do have an iPhone watch on all the time it to monitors my heart rate while I have it on my wrist I can take that to my Drs , do you think they are about the same in what they do ? Regards angela

[JonathanPittsCrick in reply to angelasutton51]

The watch can measure your pulse but the ECG tells a lot more about what is happening in your heart and indicates what, if anything, needs to be done about it. Also it stores a full ½ minute of heart rhythm each time and saves it it.

[angelasutton51 in reply to JonathanPittsCrick]

Hi I looked into it seems very good the only problem is I would not be able to distinguish if any thing was wrong thanks again angela