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Have had heart fluttering for 4 days. happens about 15 times a day. flutters last literally a second and then stop. had holster monitoring and ecg about 8 months ago for this reason showed nothing. what can i do to make them stop. am i in danger?

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Dr. Clarence Grim answered

Specializes in Endocrinology

Heart flutter.: If it only lasts 1 beat then not what Iwould call fluttering. Keep diary of what was going on before the episodes what you ate, drank ,and were doing before the flutter. Share with your Dr.

Answered 9/2/2020

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