Can someone help me make sense of my EKG?

A few months ago I went to the hospital when I woke up in the middle of the night from feeling an intense pressure on my chest. I was concerned, since I'm a 21 year old female, and I had never felt anything like this before, considering it woke me up out of a dead sleep.

When I went to the hospital, they gave me an EKG, a chest x-ray, and an aspirin. Four hours later they gave me a xanax to lower my heartrate and told me I probably just had an anxiety attack. Except, I know what anxiety attacks feel like because I used to have them all the time. This felt absolutely nothing like that, especially since I wasn't anxious at all, like not even in the slightest.

I just found my EKG results and a few things concerned me that they never seemed to address. I had experienced similar symptoms since my hospital visit, but never went back because I didn't want to have to pay another $2,000 for them to tell me I was overreacting.

Can someone tell me if the results of this EKG is concerning enough for me to schedule an appointment with a cardiologist?


Vent. Rate - 109 bpm
PR intercal - 140 ms
QRS duration - 72 ms
QT/QTc - 314/422 ms
P-R-T axes - 37 36 17

Sinus tachycardia
Possible Left atrial enlargement
Cannot rule out anterior infarct, age undetermined
Abnormal ECG


I've never had any other health concerns before, so any help is appreciated!

Marie, I'm no expert, but when I see the last line, "abnormal ECG" it's enough for me to say, as Turtle suggested, get thee to a Cardiologist and get a full work up.

ECG is just a snapshot in time of your heart rhythm. That's all it is. I'm guessing you need a full work up. Echocardiogram, stress test, etc. that will tell you more.

Btw, tachycardia is basically a fast heart rate.

Your nervousness alone, is enough to warrant seeing a cardio, so that even if there is nothing wrong, you will,have your concerns addressed and your fears allayed
Good luck. Keep us posted.