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Have dcm and bi vent pacemaker. is it normal to have heart racing then shortness of breath then sleepiness?
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Combination: The disease and possibly your medications can cause sleepiness. About shortness of breath and heart racing also miight be due to dcm. Please talk to cardiologist.
Answered 3/26/2013
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