A member asked:

Went to er with panic attack, ekg normal. had panic attack again, this time i saw automatic interpretation say abnormal ekg. is this very bad?

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Dr. John Moranville answered

Specializes in Psychiatry

Not necessarily: The automatic printouts for EKG indicates "abnormal" for many reasons including tachycardia (increased heart rate) which is a major symptom of an anxiety attack and not bad in and of itself unless persistent

Answered 8/7/2018

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