Cardiac Causes of Dizziness

Wellue 24 hour EKG Recorder Patients often make an appointment to see an ENT doctor for any type of  dizzy complaint. Although a large percentage of such patients end up having some type of inner ear cause of dizziness, it is not uncommon that a person's imbalance may end up being due to a heart problem. Some key information that suggests a possible cardiac (rather than inner ear) cause of dizziness include: • dizziness described as light-headedness, fainting • intermittent • can occur eve…

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Tilt-Table Test: An Under-Utilized Study To Evaluate Light-Headed Dizziness

We often see patients for dizziness. Many of these patients do not have an ear etiology for their dizziness given principal complaint of light-headedness, especially with standing/sitting up from a laying down position. In this scenario, a blood pressure issue is the more likely cause. Why? Because when you get up from a laying down position, gravity pulls the blood down and away from your head resulting in a transient lack of adequate blood-flow to the brain resulting in light-headedness... an…

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