What do you mean by Palpitation
Palpitation is the abnormal and unpleasant awareness of
one’s own heart beat.
The
causes of palpitation can be cardiac and non cardiac
Cardiac causes of
palpitation are
1. Valvular heart disease
- Aortic regurgitation
- Mitral regurgitation
- Tricuspid regurgitation
- Mitral stenosis
- 2. Congenital heart disease
- Atrial septal defect
- Ventricular septal defect
- Patent ductus arteriosus
3. Paroxysmal atrial
tachycardia
4. Atrial fibrillation
5. Ventricular ectopics
6. Brady arrhythmia
Noncardiac causes of
palpitation are
1. Hyperkinetic circulatory
states such as
1.Severe anemia.
1.Severe anemia.
2.Thyrotoxicosis
3.Arteriovenous shunt
4.Anxiety
5.Pyrexia
2. Drugs can cause palpitation
they are
- Sympathomimetics
- Vasodilators
3. Non organic causes are
1.Excessive smoking.
2.Anxiety
3.Cardiac neurosis
1.Excessive smoking.
2.Anxiety
3.Cardiac neurosis
4. Others are – Hypoglycemia
and pheochromocytoma
