What's it mean to have a fluttering heart?

Please see your Dr.: Please see your doctor for a complete history and physical. A consultation with a cardiologist may also be helpful. Additional testing to include ECG and possibly holter monitor, echocardiography or event recorder may be helpful in determining what is going on. This could be as simple as your perceiving a heart flutter with no actual heartbeat abnormality or be a true abnormal heart rhythm.

Atrial Flutter: Atrial flutter is a special type of rhythm disorder in which there is an extra pathway in the upper chamber of the heart that cycles and stimulates the lower chambers of the heart. The rate can be quite rapid, or can be more controlled depending on how the lower chambers respond to the extra signals. This condition is treated with medications, cardioversion, and/or ablation of the pathway.