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Originally Posted by jmess
Sort of what I have come to believe. It seems strange though that there appears to be zero info on the interweb about managing it for endurance athletes. My symptoms are mainly feeling light headed when I stand up after sitting/relaxing for 5 or so minutes. The more my fitness improves the more frequent the incidents of this. It seems that when you reach the point of slow causing problems you are a candidate for a pace maker. I could try a major reduction in training along with eating lots of junk food so I gain weight and lose aerobic fitness. This should increase my resting heart rate.
Hmmm... so, healthy, fit, and low HR.

As far as dizziness, you might look at orthostatic hypotension.

What is your blood pressure?

Make sure you discuss overall fitness with your doc before doing any invasive surgery.

Get standard blood panels to rule out other issues.
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