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Heartbeat Sensations


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Heartbeat Sensations: Common Causes

Conditions or circumstances that may bring on heart palpitations include:

Exercise
Anxiety, stress, or fear
Fever
Caffeine, nicotine, cocaine, or diet pills
Overactive thyroid
Anemia
Hyperventilation
Low levels of oxygen in your blood
Medications such as thyroid pills (like levothyroxine or Synthroid), asthma drugs (for example, theophylline and some inhalers), beta blockers for high blood pressure or heart disease, or anti-arrhythmics (medications to treat an irregular heartbeat can sometimes cause a different irregular heart rhythm)
Mitral valve prolapse -- a condition in which the valve that separates the left upper chamber (atrium) from the left lower chamber (ventricle) of the heart does not close properly
Heart disease
Electrolyte abnormality -- for example, low levels of potassium

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Review Date : 9/22/2003
Reviewed By : Jacqueline A. Hart, M.D., Department of Internal Medicine, Newton-Wellesley Hospital, and Senior Medical Editor, A.D.A.M., Inc. Previously reviewed by Elena Sgarbossa, MD, Department of Cardiology, Rush-Presbyterian St. Luke's Medical Center, Chicago, IL. Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network (10/15/2001).

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