What Causes A Sudden Feeling Of Heart Beats In Left Hand Elbow?

Posted on Thu, 19 May 2016

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Question : Dear Doc, I feel sudden heart beats/pumping in my left hand elbow between shoulder and hand elbow on lower side of hand. I am 60 year old male healthy no habits . Walks 3 kms a days. Request ur assistance for such feeling of heart pumping beats in hand pls.

Answered by Dr. Dr.Arnab (25 hours later)

Brief Answer:
need further clinical evaluation..

Detailed Answer:
Hello XXXXXXX Welcome back to HCM..

I've gone through your query and understand your concern..

Now from your description there can be several possibilities , not necessarily of cardiac origin at all , i.e. some muscle entrapments/tendon jerks(which can be felt like a heart-beat all of a sudden), some conducted beats from some arteries of that region..

Now even though you've mentioned that you're a healthy male , but still at this age(62 yrs) symptoms like this shouldn't be left un-evaluated..

So to arrive to conclusion, you need to check in to your nearest Cardiologist, and get clinically evaluated for those findings (there may be a need for undergoing 2D-Echocardiography as well as color Doppler study if the cardiologist feels like ..)

Hope this will clarify your doubt..

Take Care
Kind Regards

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Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Arnab Banerjee