🟢 Normal sinus tachycardia recovery after exercising

This case describes a 43-year-old male without comorbidities. Following exercise, the patient initiated a spot check with FibriCheck. The measurement captured a physiological sinus tachycardia with a rapid recovery pattern: the heart rate decreased from ~160 bpm to ~120 bpm within one minute, with an average heart rate of 144 bpm during the recording.

The tachogram demonstrates a smooth, organized decline in interbeat intervals consistent with normal post-exercise heart rate recovery, rather than a pathological arrhythmia. The patient-reported context (“after exercising”) is essential here, as it frames the observed high rate as expected and transient.

Takeaway:
Context enrichment of spot-check data, combined with trend insights within the measurement, provides the necessary basis for reliable clinical interpretation and differentiation between physiological and pathological rhythm behaviour.

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