My wifes heart was racing very fast to the point where you can see her chest moving. She sat down and the heart rate evntually went back to normal after 5-8 minutes. After the rate slowed she had chest pain where the heart was beating. Any idea of what could have caused this. She is not on any medications.
Hello Thanks for posting at Chat Doctor. The symptoms of palpitations and chest pain may be of cardiac origin. So she must get evaluated from cardiac side. She must undergo an ECG and @ 2 d echo test at first. It will show the hearts electrical activity and also the heart muscle structure, valves and pumping function of the heart. If both the above tests are normal, then she must undergo a treadmill test which requires you to walk on a treadmill while your ECG is continuously recorded. These three tests will give us an idea whether there are any heart related issues. Please do the above tests and revert. Wishing you good health. Regards.