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If someone had shortness of breath due to heart or a lung problem, at rest, would you expect a higher heart rate? or can it be normal?

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Dr. Manjeet Singh answered

Specializes in Cardiac Electrophysiology

Dyspnea : If you are having significant shortness of breath, your heart rate would go up as this would be a normal physiological response.

Dr Seibert and 2 doctors agreed

Answered 12/31/2015

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