Accelerated beats

, heart pounding, feeling of fainting or "sinking" in the heart. For some patients, the increased heart rate is uncomfortable and alarming.

The key to diagnosis is an electrocardiogram (ECG), which records the heart's electrical impulses and how they are conducted. Treatment is directed at the specific cause of the rapid heartbeat.

), throat or neck. Palpitations can give the impression of an abnormality in the heart; often, however, this manifestation is harmless and transitory.

Tachycardia: it is an increase in the pulse rate above 100 beats per minute, at rest or without any form of psychophysical stress. Tachycardia can be the expression of a functional disturbance or severe disturbances in the electrical activity of the heart.

(as happens in extrasystoles). However, this manifestation can be felt even in the absence of an "abnormal heart activity. Some people perceive, in fact, an" acceleration of the pulse due to exertion, excitement, alcohol abuse, tobacco, excessive consumption of coffee, febrile illness. or anxiety. The use of certain medications (such as adrenaline and ephedrine) and drugs (eg amphetamines and cocaine) can also produce the same effect. Rapid heartbeats can also be produced by heart and metabolic diseases.