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Scared! diag. w/ pfo and asa. been very stressed about it. i wear a fitbit to bed and i had a 15 min period where my hr raised to 150 while asleep!

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See a cardio !: No reason to stress out - unless your doc told you something about your condition to worry about, all you need is a stress test, a resting EKG, possibly an echocardiogram, a good checkup by a licensed cardiologist, and some good advice ! See a cardiologist now and get the answers you need !!

Dr Hellman agreed

Answered 2/1/2016

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