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Can anxiety, cause heart palpatations and atrial fribulation?

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Dr. Alan Ali answered

Specializes in Psychiatry

Anxiety & heart: Panic/anxiety can cause changes in heart rhythm, not fibrillation. Please consult your pcp.

Answered 12/10/2013

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