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Was laying on my stomach and my heart skipped a beat and start flattering what does that mean?

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Dr. Atique Mirza answered

Specializes in Internal Medicine - Cardiology

PVCs or arrythmia: It can be simple frequent pvcs or cardia arrythmia. If symptoms continue you may need holter monitor x 24 hours or a loop monitor for thirty days.

Answered 3/19/2014

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