Dad, 35, Had Heart Symptoms. Doctors Dismissed Him For A Year

In May 2022, Bryce De Witt, then 35, felt his heart flutter rapidly, what he recognized as a heart palpation. Two months later, he fainted and went to a local hospital. Doctors there found that he had a low heart rate but dismissed his concerns and sent him home. After that, he started 'passing out more frequently, and my symptoms getting significantly worse,' De Witt, 37, from Forest Hills, California, tells TODAY.com.

“They ended up admitting me to the hospital, this was all par for the course when I’ve been admitted to the hospital numerous times.” The hospital released De Witt the next day and noted that an electrophysiologist, a doctor who specializes in treating the heart’s electrical system, would reach out to him. “I’ve been told this multiple times before, so I was just like, ‘OK here we go again,’” he says. The morning after discharge, De Witt’s phone rang, and it was Dr.

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