Palpitation overview

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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1] Associate Editor-In-Chief: Cafer Zorkun, M.D., Ph.D. [2]

Overview

A palpitation is an awareness of the beating of the heart, whether it is too slow, too fast, irregular, or at its normal frequency.