Do you have heart palpitations?

• Heart palpitations are subjective sensations of irregular or forceful heartbeats; most cases are benign but require clinical assessment to exclude arrhythmias or structural heart disease
• Red flag symptoms warranting urgent evaluation include chest pain, syncope, severe dyspnoea, or palpitations in patients with known cardiac disease or risk factors
• Common benign triggers include anxiety, caffeine, and pregnancy; however, persistent or recurrent palpitations require ECG and consideration of Holter monitoring to rule out pathological causes

What are heart palpitations and when should you be concerned?

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