What does a fluttering heart mean?

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Your heart may feel like it’s pounding, fluttering or beating irregularly, often for just a few seconds or minutes. You may also feel these sensations in your throat or neck. Palpitations may seem alarming, but in most cases they’re harmless and are not a sign of a serious problem .

People often describe these skips, flips and blips as heart palpitations or heart flutters. When they happen only once in a while, last only a second or two and can be traced to something you ate, drank or did (including, possibly, falling madly, deeply in love ) a fluttering heart is probably harmless.

When your heart flutters A fluttering sensation in your chest is a specific type of heart palpitation that may indicate an atrial flutter . This condition is the result of an arrhythmia that causes tachycardia, which is a fast heartbeat (more than 100 beats a minute).