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What Could Be The Reason Of Skipping,slow Heart Beat And Chest Discomfort?

Hiya, I ve been to my doctor numerous of times and she has told me everything is fine with my heart but... It just feels strange all the time - not palpitations just like it s skipping a beat or beating irregularly - like fluttery feelings in my chest. Also it seems to be beating quite slow. Any Idea what this could be? I also get chest discomfort every now and again.
Thu, 24 Sep 2015
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Hello and thank you for using HCM. I carefully read your question and i understand your concern. I will try to explain you something and give you my opinion and some advises.

Someone might experience this skipping beats for different reasons.It is difficult to tell just by your symptoms.A skipping beat might what we call an extra-systolic beat. This are electrical impulses that generate from parts of the heart different from normal sinus rhythm.They cause this skipped beat that you feel that is followed by an electrical heart pause and you feel that your heart beats slow.
Or, if your heart flatters or beats irregularly, this might be a different arrhythmia or that we call atrial fibrillation or flatter. These might be paroxistyc events, that come and go,and it is difficult for your doctors to judge.
If i was you treating doctor i will recommend you to do some examinations like a blood analyze to exclude external causes like anemia, hyperthyroidism that sometimes might cause this events. Than an echo-cardiography and an holter rhythm monitoring for 48 h. This rises the possibility to monitor your rhythm and catch this events and see what they really are.
I hope I was helpful. BEST REGARDS.
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What Could Be The Reason Of Skipping,slow Heart Beat And Chest Discomfort?

Hello and thank you for using HCM. I carefully read your question and i understand your concern. I will try to explain you something and give you my opinion and some advises. Someone might experience this skipping beats for different reasons.It is difficult to tell just by your symptoms.A skipping beat might what we call an extra-systolic beat. This are electrical impulses that generate from parts of the heart different from normal sinus rhythm.They cause this skipped beat that you feel that is followed by an electrical heart pause and you feel that your heart beats slow. Or, if your heart flatters or beats irregularly, this might be a different arrhythmia or that we call atrial fibrillation or flatter. These might be paroxistyc events, that come and go,and it is difficult for your doctors to judge. If i was you treating doctor i will recommend you to do some examinations like a blood analyze to exclude external causes like anemia, hyperthyroidism that sometimes might cause this events. Than an echo-cardiography and an holter rhythm monitoring for 48 h. This rises the possibility to monitor your rhythm and catch this events and see what they really are. I hope I was helpful. BEST REGARDS.