I've had thousands of PVCs a day for a few years now. An echcardiogram two years ago was normal except for a little mitral and tricuspid valve floppiness (which the EP said isn't unusual for someone my age. I'm 68 and female). The PVCs have lessened quite a bit over the last nine months which is a big relief. But now I'll have periods each day where my heart pounds and I can feel it in the back of my neck and where it meets my head. And I can also hear it in my right ear (which I guess is called pulsatile tinnitus). The heartbeat isn't necessarily fast. When I'm at rest, it's in the sixties or seventies, which is normal for me. When I'm active, it might be as high as 100 or 120, as it's always been. But at times I can feel it beating without taking my pulse, and that's strange. This will happen for ten or fifteen minutes, several times a day. (Although I've had it last half a day at times. ) I just keep on doing what I'm doing, and try not to think about it, but I do wonder if others get this.
Two months ago, my ear doctor did an MRI (with contrast dye) of my head to rule out some things. It was normal, so I know that hearing the pulse in my ear is nothing serious. But my doctor did say I should mention that I feel the heartbeat in the back of my neck too, when I go in for my annual checkup (in July). I do wonder whether the blood vessels in the neck (the ones that are involved in strokes) need to be checked.
Anyone else experience this? My pulse isn't necessarily fast, and not even all that irregular anymore. But my heart beats hard enough for me to feel it. So strange.
Still, if you have a blood pressure monitor, you might want to check your BP at the time you feel this 'pounding' sensation. It could be a brief bout of high blood pressure, and that would be worth investigating.