Stroke is a common reason for hospital admission, and it is appropriate for CMS. to want to measure and improve the quality of stroke care. Unfortunately, the two. measures chosen â stroke mortality and readmission within 30 days of hospital. discharge â fail to accurately reflect hospital performance.
In brief: Sinus arrhythimia. This is the kind of heart arrhythmia that anxiety can cause and is a normal heart beat that happens to be irregular in timing. The high rate is similar to when you exercise. Since heart is pumping normally during sinus arrhythmia, it is harmless (other than causing more anxiety). Also, they tend to be short and self-limited, especially if anxiety is relieved. This is the kind of heart arrhythmia that anxiety can cause and is a normal heart beat that happens to be irregular in timing.
Maybe it comes with other symptoms, like chest pain or lightheadedness, and you're sure that you're having a heart attack. But that's what anxiety does to you. While only a doctor can rule out heart related disorders, the truth is that pounding heartbeat is often the result of anxiety. If you haven't done so yet, take my 7 minute anxiety test to see your anxiety symptoms broken down into their core components.