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There is something that vibrates or beats like a heart does at the bottom centre of my rib cage. what could it be?
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Your heart: That is the tip of your heart. In the center of your chest, there is a possibility it is the aorta that is pulsating and transmiting through all the contents ahead of it.
Answered 12/9/2013
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