High heart rate on exercise.

[wischo]

Hi all, had a left coronary stent January 2019 and feeling good since. I walk 6klm daily usually at a pace of 5.5kph (just over 3.5 mph). Recently I notice on my apple watch that very occasionaly my heart rate hits 143bpm after a couple of kilometres and if I stop it shoots down to 80bpm in less than a minute, and I can then carry on and it remains in the 90s-100bpm. I have no breathlessness or pains or dizziness. It is not the watch as I take my pulse manually when it happens and can feel the race. It happens maybe once a month and I do have the occasional SVT but up to now always at rest. I am on 1.25mg bisoprolol which has more or less eliminated the SVTs. Any advice appreciated as approaching 72 now thinking maybe age related.

[Crochetwoman]

Hi, this happens to me as well. I’m 57. Stemi heart attack 2019. I was on 5 mg Bisoprolol for 3 years but had to change it to Ivabradine. I’ve always noticed that after 15 mins of slowly building up my workout ( long walks or xtrainer) my hr pops up to 150. I slow myself down slightly and then my hr stays around 115. - even if I increase my output. My baseline hr is 65. I view it as my heart realising that it’s in for a long haul and hunkers down to a steady output.

But if it’s new to you there’s no harm in mentioning it to your Dr?