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Heart rate shoots up randomly while sitting or standing the only way to lower it is to lay down on my side then it returns to normal.

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Dr. Maria Palafox answered

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Cardiologist: I would recommend speaking to your doctor about referring you to a cardiologist. That doc may consider a 24 monitor which records the electrical activity of the heart for 24 hrs. If a recording of the increase in heart rate can be gotten, then the cardiologist can figure out what the cause is and treat it.

Answered 8/7/2015

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A member asked:

Heart rate shoots up randomly while sitting or standing the only way to lower it is to lay down on my side then it returns to normal.

A doctor has provided 1 answer

Dr. Maria Palafox answered

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