Heart palpitations can be caused by stress or anxiety, but they can also be a symptom of a critical heart condition, such as atrial fibrillation, or “a-fib.” Cardiologist Vinod Patel, MD discusses the difference between heart palpitations caused by anxiety and those caused by a-fib, as well as the alarming statistic that individuals are two to three times more likely to experience sleep apnea along with a-fib.
Dr. Vinod Patel is honored to serve the medical needs of New York with a focus on Cardiovascular disease, Interventional Cardiology, and Cardiology Imaging. He holds patents for medical devices he has developed and co-authored over 25 pieces of published research. Dr. Patel is certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine, Cardiology, Nuclear Medicine, Echocardiogram, Endo vascular intervention and Interventional Cardiology.
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