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Old 02-26-24, 10:36 AM
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pdlamb
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Agree that it's worth mentioning to your doctor next time you see her.

Quite a few people have asymtomatic atrial fibrillation; it can cause problems, and it can progress to symptomatic Afib. Your doc or the cardiologist he refers you to may decide it's a good idea to put you on medication to address it. Until or unless presumptive Afib starts happening a lot, I'm not sure it'd be worth the fancy sensor and 24 hour test, just because the odds are against catching it during the monitoring period.

Two more suggestions (from a non-medical person). First, hand on to the file from that ride (.fit or similar). Second, if you see a recurrence of this phenomenon, plan to see your PCP quickly. Ask for a referral to a cardiologist who's athletic, and take that doc both files.

And since I can't count gud, make sure your HRM battery is fresh, and consider using it with electrode gel to try to reduce spurious peaks.
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