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Blood Pressure good (122/74) But my EKG was "Borderline Abnormal" , Help!?

For the past several days I have what I felt were anxiety/nervousness/subtle adrenaline type feeling, kind of like butterflys but in my chest. No chest paint what so ever, even when during exercise I feel fine.

I have been feeling better/normal the past 2 days and thought I would go by an urgent care to finally put my mind at ease and pin point that I have been dealing with anxiety and need to calm myself down.

They checked my breathing, blood pressure (122/74) which they said was good, and they drew blood. They performed an EKG and my results came back as "borderline abnormal" and this has now sent my anxiety through the roof! She said nothing indicates this is a medical emergency but suggested I set an appointment with a Cardiologist. I go tomorrow at 10:45 AM but this is going to be a long 17 hours with my mind racing.

My bpm on my EKG report said 58 BPM and I think this is what raised concern to the urgent care doctor to have a cardiologist have a second look.

I'm a 34 year old male, have some weight to lose but generally feel healthy for the most part.

Should I be worried about this? What throws me off is my blood pressure was great, but the EKG printed result says "borderline abnormal" any help would be appreciated I am nervous and anxious right now.

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  • 4 years ago
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    The text that prints out on an EKG should largely be ignored.

    For all the fancy electronic gadgetry that super-smart people have come up with, EKG interpretation software still sucks pretty bad.

    I almost never see one that says "normal EKG"...

    You can feel free to seek followup care, but I can pretty much guarantee that there's nothing really wrong with your EKG.

    A heart rate of 58 is nothing to really be concerned about. Lots of people walk around with that [and lower] rates all the time with no ill effect. I'd much rather have a low resting heart rate than be prone to tachycardia.

    The real problem, which clearly is not well addressed, is your anxiety. But they can't just tell you that at urgent care; they've got to tell everybody to follow up with primary care or specialists or the lawyers will come to crucify them.

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