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Keep having moment where heart stops and can't breath but at er all test are normal. what could this be?
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Maybe rhythm problem: If a person has symptoms of heart stopping and difficulty breathing, many times these have resolved before arriving at the emergency room. An Event Monitor can be quite helpful to help figure out if there is a heart rhythm problem associated with these symptoms.
Answered 3/23/2015
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