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When i walk up long stairs i often feel my pulse in the area under my ribs/sternum. in the middle and a little to the left. never happen in sports/gym?
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Possibility: When you walk up stairs you valsalva more. This increases tone and volume in your Inferior Vena Cava. The aorta and IVC close together and this may transmit the pulse.
Answered 7/11/2019
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