Arrhythmias

[ChafeC]

Good morning

Yesterday evening I experienced a very odd situation. I was sitting on the couch watching television when out of nowhere I got a twitching/fluttering feeling above my left breast that lasted for a few seconds and was very strong. Could this have been a heart palpitation being felt in that area? I took my pulse immediately after and it was quite fast which I would expect because it scared me half to death.  I had a normal echo in January 2012, a normal ECG treadmill stress test 2 weeks ago, a normal holter 2 months ago and my BP and Cholesterol are normal.

Where are palpitations usually felt?

[achillea]

From your description, it sounds like a skeletal little muscle fasciculation or twitch (there's a video of a fasciculation on youtube).  You can google-image 'human chest anatomy' to see that there's nothing heart-related up where you felt the sensation.

You mention that you aware that you suffer from anxiety.  May I ask if you are under treatment for that?

[ChafeC]

Thanks for your response. The simple answer is I have anxiety that causes to me to race to the ER sure i'm having a heart attack. It's awful to say the least. It is usually very controlled but once every couple of months an attack happens that I don't see coming which winds up in all these tests.  The palpitation if that's what is was was so high up I thought there was no way it was a palpitation. It almost felt like it was right under my skin.

[Bamajoe]

I will attempt to give an anwer but all I can say is "it could have been" Sometimes I feel my palps in my chest but sometimes I feel them in my stomach.I also get really shakey and sometimes clamy. Might I ask why you had all that testing done? Some of the folks on here can give a better answer than me but it would help to understand more of what you have going on.