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What Causes Intermittent Irregular Heartbeat And Tightness In Chest?

When I am sitting or standing, at any time, I sometimes get a very strong irregular heartbeat for about 2 minutes and then it returns to normal. During the irregularity, I feel a slightly tighter sensation and my actual pulse in my throat, it only happens about once a month and I ve had it since I was a small child, I have no clue what it is, I don t have anxiety or any other medical problems. I can see my rib cage moving to my pulse during these, I have no idea what they are and was wondering if you could help, thanks x
Tue, 21 Apr 2015
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Thank you for asking on HCM!

Facing with the fact that you are experiencing those irregular heart beats episodes form your childhood it is highly recommended you perform a cardiac check up (physical exam, resting ECG, cardiac ultrasound and eventual ambulatory ECG monitoring0 to rule out any structural heart diseases responsible for arrhythmia triggering, or any pre-excitation syndromes.

Some blood tests are necessary to exclude any causes like anemia, thyroid dysfunction, etc.

Hope to have been helpful to you. Greetings! Dr. Iliri
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What Causes Intermittent Irregular Heartbeat And Tightness In Chest?

Hello! Thank you for asking on HCM! Facing with the fact that you are experiencing those irregular heart beats episodes form your childhood it is highly recommended you perform a cardiac check up (physical exam, resting ECG, cardiac ultrasound and eventual ambulatory ECG monitoring0 to rule out any structural heart diseases responsible for arrhythmia triggering, or any pre-excitation syndromes. Some blood tests are necessary to exclude any causes like anemia, thyroid dysfunction, etc. Hope to have been helpful to you. Greetings! Dr. Iliri