Can sinus tachycardia cause my digital Omron blood pressure monitor to pick up irregular heartbeat?

First of all, I just went through an EKG, Echocardiagram, and a Stress test about a little over a month ago. I had to wear a heart monitor for a month also to see if they could catch any rhythm issues that might cause me to have a rapid heartrate at times. I just got those results a little over a week ago. I was told that all of the tests above came back great, and that I had a strong healthy heart. I was also told that I didn’t have any problems with the rhythm of my heart, but that I had something called sinus tachycardia where my rhythm is normal but my just beats a little faster than normal. My heart doctor said it was not life threatening or anything. Anyway, I bought a new blood pressure monitor yesterday.. one of those Omron ones that also detects irregular heartbeats. I took a few measurements yesterday and a few today. It detected irregular heartbeat only once for those readings. I am wondering if sinus tachycardia.. could cause this monitor to register irregular heartbeat? thanks

i also have sinus tachycardia also. just hang in there with the symptoms…sometimes it gets really annoying, but not life threatening. do go back to the docs if you start becoming dizzy or lightheaded, though.

as for the monitor—yes, i do believe it could happen. also, your heart rate isn’t completely ‘on’ all the time…just like a machine, sometimes it trips a bit and a lot of times you never feel them, and they are harmless. also, it could be a glitch in the machine. perhaps you moved your arm or something that the machine took as a pulse that wasn’t.

if you had all the tests then you should be fine. i worried for a long time after i had the med. tests and they all came back okay, but just hang in there…=)