Is this Afib?
I just got home from the hospital. Before I went, my Omron series 10 gave me the Afib warning. I rechecked multiple times over 90 minutes, rotating between two cuffs and between my upper arm and forearm. Average BP of 150/100 with my heart rate below 60 bpm. Because of the heart rate. I was afraid to take clonidine for the blood pressure. Medline wrist cuff also showed irregular heart beat with similar vitals.
I had spent 4 days in the hospital 3 weeks ago for bradycardia. They also thought I had afib, but ruled against it because they couldn't get steady readings with that result. They advised me that I may need an emergency pacemaker while I was admitted, but ruled against it.
So I went to a different hospital tonight. Triage hooked me up to an EKG, which is attached. They also ran some labs, which came back mostly normal. I get taken to the ED and they attached an IV.
Everything smooth so far.
After about 3 hours of nothing, except the intellivue monitor showing SV rhythm, irregular rhythm, and brady along with BP readings of ~145/100, the doc comes in and discharges me. Saying that both the home blood pressure monitor and the triage EKG were just "artifacts" and told me NOT to take my blood pressure medication until the next day.
So.. I'm a little worried about my heart and wondering if I should go back to the original ED that had admitted me, or if I should just go to bed.
Thoughts?