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Feel like my heart or my breathing stops for a second and then starts again. it happens randomly.

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Dr. Ira Friedlander answered

Specializes in Cardiac Electrophysiology

You are probably: experiencing extra heart beats from the top or bottom part of your heart. Not usually dangerous, just annoying. Discuss with your health care provider and obtain a monitor to diagnose this.

Answered 10/9/2019

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