What tests do you need for your heart palpitations? 

Why cant all of our doctor's have the same kind Of attitude that you have..i will never ever know .. but you Doctor .. you are a legend !! 👏🏻

This guy is truly amazing and a godsend for people who cannot afford private healthcare or expensive private consultations and tests. He certainly seems a very genuine and down to earth guy and is sharing his knowledge that he was privileged to obtain and master for no reward. If only there was more people (medical professions i mean) like him that really do care . You seem a good person Sanjay and everyone that watches your video genuinely thank you from the "bottom of their heart"

Why can't all doctors be like you most just tell you what you want to hear and don't do much tests. Bless you for good advice to people with these symptoms.

Having had palpitations for 54 years on and off, this was the most comprehensive and wonderful insight into the possible causes and expected tests in connection with this condition. Thank you.

Thank you for taking the time to post such informative videos. You have a holistic and common sense approach that is easy to relate to, and many tips to put into practice in our lives.

God bless you dr. You are one of a kind dr. Sharing your knowledge to people regarding palpitation and i am one of thousand people suffering this palpitation that bother me most..thanks for the INFO..

I am so thankful for you, doctor! You provide comfort, knowledge, and ease of mind.

Thank you so much for explaining so clearly and with so much empathy. Your videos are extremely helpful. It would be fantastic if doctors from every area of medicine could educate people like this. Your work is very much appreciated.

Yes, very helpful. Your explanations help to decrease my anxiety. Thank you.

You are such a good doctor...n a teacher as well....God bless you!! Very helpful indeed

Your You Tube videos have been such a blessing! So much information that has truly helped throughout the processes of what I've been experiencing. Thank you for all of your hard work!

Doctor Gupta, you are a God sent to heal humanity world-wide, thank you 🙏

So, I’ve had heart palpitations ongoing for about 3 years. I’ve had ekg, 24 hour cardiac monitoring, 4 week monitoring and an echo. I’ve gone to my PCP and a cardiologist. Cardiologist said it was Covid. No one ever tested my ferritin and come to find out my ferritin was 13. Hemoglobin normal. I’ve started on oral iron over a month ago. Plus I’m going through peri menopause. You really have to be your own advocate. Thank you Dr. Gupta for putting this information out there for people. I think practitioners are just so busy and don’t listen to what you have to say. My complaints were fatigue, heart palpitations and anxiety. Hopefully I am on the road to recovery.

wow!! amazing. i greatly appreciative. i have had almost every single one of those tests done. and the palpitatikms havent been caught on a any of them. my heart is structurally perfect is what ive been told.

I can’t explain my words for you doctor!! You are a hero God bless you 🫡❤️❤️

He is so kind. Replied to me to see how i was doing.What a lovely doctor.

I can’t even tell you how much you help me get through the weeks. Thank you so much!

Very informative video. Thank you very much for your time and expertise.

Thank you Dr Gupta I'm reassured from your podcast that my treatment for my heart palpitation, ectopic and Afib are being treated properly. You taught me what questions to ask when I visit my cardiologist and I'm very grateful to you. Thank you and continuous blessings for your knowledge and humility.

Thank u. Very enlightening. Your'e feeding us truthful info to fully understand our bodies and what to do to check them. It lessens my confusions and anxiety with my heart and digestive issues. More power. Godbless u Dr. Sanjay.

Again...thank you for this information..so helpful that you explain these tests that doctors never explain. Just hearing your explanations keeps us from worrying.

I am going for an evaluation of my palpitations tomorrow. Thank you for this information...I intend to advocate for myself as needs be.

I wish that all doctors were this helpful, I have been suffering with skipped heart ( palpitations ) for about 5 years but has got a lot worse the past 3 months and suffer light headedness along with it, had a 24 hour ecg and have detected extra heart beats, still waiting for a heart scan but watching you is so reassuring, thank you

Thanks for your knowledge and expertise on this subject. I’m going to keep you in my back pocket for future reference.

Thank you thank you thank you for your information ,your expertise ,your clear explanation... This has helped me so much....

Dear Dr. Gupta, I love your videos! You have such a calming voice and tone, and you cover topics so thoroughly. Thank you so much for your very helpful videos. I wish I had you for my cardiologist. 😊. Anyway, I just had a ultrasound of my heart to monitor a bulge in my ascending aorta. The good news is that it hasn’t grown since last year which has given me hope. And the cardiologist said I had a strong heart. Also very reassuring because for the last 3 years I’ve had a lot of issues with my heart and chest pain. And, I’ve had a lot of tests which all came back good. I’ve had high blood pressure since my teens, and open heart surgery at 42. The doctors only gave me 5 years to live 18 years ago. I attribute the fact that I’m still alive to a cardiologist named Dr. Stephen Sinatra whose guidance I followed on supplements and nutrition as well as others. So, my blood pressure is very unstable. It can go from 120/70 to 260/140 or higher depending on situations and unknown factors. I didn’t have a heart attack, and I’ve always been told that my heart is strong. My resting heart rate has always been in the low 60’s, perfect. But, my heart has become very reactive in the last 3 years. A lot of issues have calmed down, but I’m dealing with my heart rate going from being low at times and high at times which is confusing. I do have 3 nodules on my thyroid, but the doctor checked my thyroid, and said it was good. I go between sweating easily some days to being cold on others especially my hands. Sometimes on the treadmill when I’m having low heart rate numbers 66 when standing, 50 sitting, and 46 when laying down I can only get my heart rate up to 85 at 3 miles an hour , but when I’m having higher numbers 58 laying down, 68-70 sitting, 80 standing my heart rate goes up to 128 or so at 3 miles an hour. My ability to exercise isn’t an issue. I don’t have any symptoms when exercising at the higher or lower rates, but when my heart rate goes into the 40’s I know it because my chest feels heavy and it’s harder to breathe only on my back with my head cocked forward. I don’t have the problem breathing on my sides or the chest heaviness. The chest heaviness is only when standing. What do you think about this? The symptoms seem to me to be thyroid related, but I’ve had it checked twice, and the doctor says it’s fine. However, a couple of years ago a different doctor said my thyroid was elevated; but a couple of months later, she said it was fine. Could the thyroid nodules be causing me to go between hyper and hypo? Lastly, as I said, in the last 3 years, my heart has been reactive, and I’ve been dealing with palpitations that come and go. Can a low and high thyroid issue cause palpitations? I’m sorry this is long, but I thought some background was important. My diet is all organic, no sugar, low carbs, and my supplements target cardiac issues as well as inflammation and liver support. I look forward to hearing from you. Thank you for all that you do to help people, Bambi

Thank you for all your information. Your videos gives me more knowledge about my palpitations.

You make me calm right down thank you so much God bless you I wish I could find a doctor that made me relax

I've got to say, these videos help me greatly in terms of giving me a bit more knowledge. I was diagnosed with G.A.D at 9 years old, and was put on citalopram to help the panic attacks. Around 20 I started having different sorts of palipitations, the most worrying come in the form of very random erratic beats that very rarely happen. They happen anywhere from a few times a month, to only once in possibly a year or two, but they're crippling and have caused me to black out once recently. As of yet I have not found the reason after having done an event monitor and a stress test, as they only happen at random times, though I'm told I do have pac's and sinus tachycardia. My next appointment is on the 18th and I plan to use some of the information I've learned here in hopes of finding out whats happening. Thank you so much.

Dr gupta sir lot of detail information for different tests for palpitations you have suggested , nice of you thanks and good wishes 21/11/2019

Very informative ,since. Watching your channel am doing better in anxiety. Thank you.

I really appreciate the way you explain things.

Excellent video,very informative.Thank you.

Always precious informations , thank you Dr Gupta

You’re very clear in your explanations. 👍

Thank You wish I knew about your channel three months ago, would have saved my heart.

Thanks Dr. Gupta for your very informative video.

when God cant be around we have this wonderful Doc . Bless you x

Most informative video I have seen!

You are one of the best doctor.

Thank you so much Dr. Sanjay Gupta. 🙂🙏🏽💕

Thank you so much for these videos I wish my doctor was like u

Great information. I enjoy your videos!❤️

thaaaaank you so very much doc, your explanations help me understand my palpitations and is lessen my fears

Thank you for all the information Dr. God bless you.

I think you may be an actual angel. Thank you for all of your videos! I do much better anxiety wise when I am informed.

i wish you had offices in more states! your knowledge and caring is greatly needed. we need more like you!

I wish you were my doctor when I started having palpitations back in May of 2020. You are wonderful!! Thank you for sharing your knowledge!!

Great information!

Great information I wrote everything down to ask my Electrophysiologist. What other questions should I ask before making a decision on doing an ablation?

Wish you long live because generations needs you

Great information

you are doing a great job!! nice work with these videos!very helpful; thank you so much

I pray that Almighthy got bless u and protect u u are so good,u help me so much to. understand everhthing luv u.

I was diagnosed of sinus tachycardia about a month ago after the demised of my mom and Aunt,it has been so unbearable for me,with the pain in my chest and and palpitations that won't go away.my world was becoming dark until I found your Vlog Dr Sanjay Gupta you are such an amazing cardiologist who knows what he is doing.may God reward you for the knowledge shared.I have done series of test and they told me my heart is normal but still I'm not convinced because this uneasiness has robbed me off my normal day life.

I've been having them and I'm so frightened.. I did go to the ER while having them and doctor wasn't concerned he prescribed me anxiety medication. . Watching this has helped me though thank you.

I hope I will get the doctor like you for my treatment

Thanks you so much for this information. I can not express how grateful I am for this. I have been told I have AF and they said I would have a stroke if I did not take their pills. I have been living in fear since. Every time my heart races of jumps I think I am going to have a stroke. It has been so incredibly stressful. Yet, I have not been able to see a cardiologist. Can you please do a video on Pradaxa and other medications being prescribed by doctors.

Thank you for all of the information! It really makes dealing with palpitations a little easier.

Thank you so much! You help me understand why I don’t like my cardiologist 😔

Great information doc.

very informative thank you Dr.

god bless you Doctor

Been watching all of your videos on palpitations. My blood work is good as well as a ekg looked normal. Next is the halter monitor. Thanks for all the great information Dr🙏🙏

You are an amazing doctor. 🙏

Thank you Doctor for sharing your knowledge

Great information Doctor 🙏

I hope when we all start consulting Dr Google, we come up with educated professional advice like yours.

Very useful information! 🙏🙏🙏🙏💕

great doctor

Thank you. I’m having my palpations only after eating high carbohydrates like 50-80 grams. But it doesn’t happen every time. Occasionally (once a month) I get chest pains right where we put our hand when saying the pledge of allegiance. I was supposed to do a bunch of tests that cost me a few thousand dollars after my insurance paid their part. Now I can go back and ask them to do the others you listed first.

You read the minds and calm the hearts ❤

I wish my doctor had explained the event monitor like you just did. They basically told me to only press the record button if I was having really extreme symptoms, but at that point I had been having palpitations for two months, so I’ve grown accustomed to the frequency and severity. Basically I never pressed the button because even when I couldn’t breathe for minutes at a time, it wasn’t anything out of the ordinary. No wonder they told me it was fine. But then also they told me everything was fine with my echo, but looking at the report a week later I see they say tricuspid regurgitation and dilation of the left atrium. Very disappointed in my doctor, I wish they all could be as detail oriented and knowledgeable as you.

Love your hairdo, Sanjay! Bedhead! Why have the ECG if you're not having palpitations then? Are there other benefits of a ECG? I refused to go to the hospital because I felt fine, I didn't want to spend a day in the Emergency Room nor leave my car in a parking lot! If I had had any symptoms I would have gone but I felt fine. I still feel fine though I'm now aware of my erratic heartbeats, palpitations, etc., and I know why its important to get it checked out. They don't happen very often. I hope my Cardiologist is as smart as you. He's also Indian, very nice though not nearly as good looking! He dresses like a million bucks though - impeccable!

Awesome Dr...🙏

My PVCs were caught on a ECG and my doctor said nothing was wrong. And I was having them bad.. And I've had ALL the blood work you had suggested. Thanks this video helped a lot to ease my mind hearing it from a cardiologist.

Thank you for all your videos! I just had what felt like 10 palpitations after one another, really scary, been having them for years, I feel like my doctor isn’t taking me seriously, had an ECG because I’ve had chest pains too but as it came back clear they’re putting it down to ‘anxiety’

Great info doc thank u

Thank you sooo much doc i realy need it i always feel nervous everyday

I always have a high pulse when I have my pulse taken. i have normal blood pressure and had an ecg when having palpitations 116 bpm the result was sinus tach. i was put on a 24 hour monitor and I had no events to report on this partic day. I have noticed that the times when i have had more severe palpitations has been when i have drunk alcohol and eaten a heavy meal before sleep. It seems as though i get to sleep initially ok for a couple of hours and wake up with the elevated heart rate and can't get back to sleep because of the elevated heart rate. I am too anxious to take my own pulse when suffering these episodes. I have suffered from health anxiety for many years. Obviously not drinking any alcohol seems sensible but I just wanted to know what you would do in my position. I was interested in what you said on the video regarding the fact that from my understanding you would not have requested a 24 hr test for me as I had already had qan ecg during tachycardia which came back as sinus tach. Please help I don't know what to do. Ty so much for the videos extremely informative I also had my thyroid function tested and normal levels were found. i have been prescribed beta blockers but as of yet have not started taking them as i still have not had the results of the 24 hour test.

God bless you doctor 👐

U r awesome sir.....

Love your lectures! So Indepth and informative. I have not found any similarly knowledgeable doctor in US unfortunately. I have terrible tachicardia/weakness/sweat especially after meals and with slight excertion, chest pain radiatibg in jaw, arm, back, PAC's and PVS's, feeling of lump in throat... Most tests accessing structural and vessel integrity are OK, monitor shows rate changes from bradicardia (46 at sleep) to tachicadria (148 - just with minimal house activities). Will probably ask to repeat stress/echo. I also listened to your Vagus nerve lectures. I suspect I have some autonomous nervous sytem disfunction. Any suggestion? Thanks!

Thank you so much !

About once a year I get a bout of palpitations (I get a few a month otherwise). They come one right after the other, it seems like 4 or 5 straight. I worry about V-Tac...by the time I get into the doctor they have stopped. I’ve had a normal echo and stress echo. They did find one episode of junctional rhythm and “underlying sinus rhythm” on a recent event monitor. This last episode happened 2 months after I stopped my thyroid medication (.025 mcg Levo). My thyroid has only ever been borderline low, normal on meds. The palpitations lasted around a month with increasing intensity and stopped about 3 days after getting back on synthroid. Needless to say I won’t be stopping that medication again. I’m still stressed about the palpitations since they weren’t caught on the 30 day monitor, I’m worried they will come back. It causes a lot of anxiety 😔.

38, history of family heart disease (both sides of my family) and I have a past drug history (iv use for about 10 years) I’ve always had palpitations but the last 2-3 years they’ve been getting worse. I don’t sleep well they wake me up. Sometimes racing sometimes just flutter sometimes pain or like an electrical jolt. When I wake up my fingers and eyelids are always swollen. My fingers turn very blue if I’m cold. The 48 hour monitor I just seen results today nothing crazy. I had a few palpitations and they said they were ventricular and Supraventricular ectopics. However those two days I slept almost an entire day and didn’t have any episodes where the beats “get stuck” as I say and last awhile. My echo two valves were moderate regurgitation (cardiologist said no worry with that) and my stress test had lots of ectopics, my heart rate wouldn’t go past 120 (but then I seen it said max rate was 235?) but those results say at rest normal but stress was 1.4mm depression in inferilateral leads. This is a lot sorry, but I’ve been watching your videos and they’ve helped me understand so much more. I’m guessing it’s all nothing to worry about, but with my past drug history and family history and the fact that they’re getting worse just want to make sure I don’t need to worry because I try not to. Is it something I should worry? Some videos make me think no don’t worry (not getting 20,000 plus) but others say worry (increase with exercise etc) Just wondering ur opinion because I feel like I know u more than my doctor. But I understand you’re busy. Thanks so much !Have a great day!

Thank you Dr for your advice.Bless you.I have PAfib.

Dear Doc, thank you for rendering services for free online. I got a panic attack month ago that raced my BPM to 160. Since then palpitations lasted intermittantly for 20 days ranging 110/120-130 bpm. Got my Holter test, ecg and echo done. Cardiologist found no ailment, no blockage, nthg. Stress and anxiety was the reason. Today mid June i still get 130 bpm once a day with fluttering of stomach and neck. Got covid test done twice , and was ngtv. Intermittant tachycardia noted. Will it gradually recede or keep happening occasionally as ripple effect ??? What's your take Doctor? It has mentally terrified me more. 🤧😪

Dr you are really simple and talented Iam getting chest burn and left side rib pain often Iam on beta blocker. Kindly suggest my hemoglobin is 8 grams.

Thanks so much really helpful

This man is a heart king 👑

Thank you for your videos. I really would like to know your opinion on my case. I was diagnosed with AVNRT 15 years ago, I had an ablation which was said to be successful. Two month ago it started similar as I had before but in meantime I had (have) issue with my gallbladder, I have reflux and hiatus hernia as well. I can clearly feel the connection between my palpitation and gall bladder/reflux issue. I am just not sure now if my AVNRT came back again or this one is different or my previous AVNRT even could cause by my digestive problem. The recent ones were not caught as it stopped by itself before I could have the ECG. I would really appreciate your opinion.

Could you do a video on how long ectopic heartbeats can last for? I have runs that last for 1 to 4 weeks non stop! My cardiologist says the heart can take time to reset. It's so good when it goes back to a normal rhythm. I know alcohol doesn't help in the long run but it helps in the evening when it's bothering me. Thanks for the videos, I've watched them all! FYI I used to have SVT before an ablation 3 years ago.

Thank you for your videos

What is the reason a doctor would order a nuclear stress test for palpitations instead of a stress echo? Thank you for these videos. You are very generous with your time and expertise. Please know you are appreciated!

I just wach yor advis vidio,I many thanks for hard working to edicaiting piople, Can you teln us what food you can eate and not to eate,thanks

You left out genetic testing for 4g25 genotype. Very important if asymptomatic or infrequent. There are also smart phone app as well.

My poor mom, had the 24 ecg hooked up and we left only to be rear ended within 5 miles. Luckily nobody was hurt but I think she had some explaining to do.

Hello Dr , thank you for the videos , I have a question about any permanent damage a carzinoid tumour can cause to the heart? and does the heart recover after the tumour its resected ?

Thank you for all your information. Currently having a 72hr tape. Suffering from severe sinus tachycardia (at rest 120-155bpm).. Bisoprolol..not really helping. So fingers crossed