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What Causes Heart Palpitations?
I have had heart palpitations pretty much all my life. They come and go, sometimes I won t have one for months and then I ll have several over the course of a week... lately I seem to have more than usual and they are always in the evening. Should I be concerned?
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Mon, 11 Aug 2014
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Mon, 8 Sep 2014
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welcome to hcm,
there are many causes for palpitation
1. thyroid over activity
2.over exertion and stress
3.medications especially thyroid medications and asthma medications
4.heart diseases
1.ventricular tachycardia
2.supraventricular tachycardia
3. atrial fibrillation
so you have to be evaluated for these things like thyroid function test,
24-48 hours ecg monitoring or holters monitoring. ECG.
kindly review with these results for knowing the actual cause of palpitation
hope this explains
with regards
Dr.Amarnath
there are many causes for palpitation
1. thyroid over activity
2.over exertion and stress
3.medications especially thyroid medications and asthma medications
4.heart diseases
1.ventricular tachycardia
2.supraventricular tachycardia
3. atrial fibrillation
so you have to be evaluated for these things like thyroid function test,
24-48 hours ecg monitoring or holters monitoring. ECG.
kindly review with these results for knowing the actual cause of palpitation
hope this explains
with regards
Dr.Amarnath
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