I feel my heart “jumping” inside my chest every now and then. Whenever I get an ECG, I am told it is normal. Do I need to worry?

"The most common reason for this is your heart “skipping beats”, which is benign. However, dangerous arrhythmias can be ruled by performing rhythm monitoring with a patch."
- Dr. Alexander Postalian, General and Interventional Cardiologist

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Episode Transcript

(00:00):
I feel my heart jumpinginside my chest every now and then.
Whenever I get an EK, G,that's the electrical activity test of the heart.
I'm told it is normal. Do I need to worry?
This sounds like palpitations.
Uh, and the mostcommon way patients feel it is the hardest beating normally
b boop, boop, boop,and then all of a sudden it goes B, B, and then B.

(00:29):
What's happening most scenarios isthat one cell in a different area of the he
that shouldn't be triggering a heartbeat,triggers an extra heartbeat,
and the commenter for that is my heart skipped a beat.
Very, very common thing, very benign.
However, if you're having a lot of them,we should definitely rule out a higher risk condition,

(00:51):
a different arrhythmia, like atrial fibrillation,atrial flutter, then trigger art, tachycardia.
There's a long list of things, so yes, if you feelthat you should probably have an evaluation,
but know that the majority of the timeit is a benign result.