Guest guest Posted January 5, 2006 Report Share Posted January 5, 2006 On Mon. the 2nd my father woke up to a rapid heart rate, not thinking anything of it he continued on his day hoping that it would go back to normal. Later that evening it was still the same and decided it was time to go to the hospital. Upon arriving they did the usual tests. His heart rate was 148 but his blood pressure was 118 over 82. The hospital decided to keep him for two days until they could figure out what was wrong with him. The hospital couldn't get his heart rate back to normal so he was sent home with some scripts. He was told that he has atrial fibrillation. I guess this is when certain chambers of you heart are not beating normally and causes an irregular heartbeat and may or may not cause the heart to pump less blood effectively and blood might pool in the heart. I heard also that this may cause blood clotting which in turn will cause a stroke. Anywho, the scripts they gave him are amiodarone, which is supposed to control the irregular heatbeat, but has done very little to help. Aspirin was aslo given to him to ward off any blood clotting. He has been home now for one day and nothing has changed. The hear rate is still quite high and he feels unstable on his feet and dizzy. He's going to see a specialist in a few days to see what they can find but I would like to see what others have to say about this. Are they any comments or suggestions? Thank you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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