Irregular or extra heartbeats happen when an electrical signal starts some place other than the sinus node and causes the heart to beat out of rhythm. Depending on the precise timing of the extra heartbeat, patients may experience an “extra beat,” a “skipped beat,” a “forceful beat” or a “fluttering” sensation. Many patients are completely unaware that they are experiencing extra heartbeats. Even completely healthy people have irregular or extra heartbeats once in a while. Usually, they are nothing to worry about. In some cases, however, irregular or extra beats can cause bothersome symptoms or may lead to other types of sustained rapid heart rhythms.
Physicians Who Treat This Condition:
- Professor of Medicine
- Professor of Medicine; Nicholas J. Fortuin, M.D. Professor of Cardiology
- Assistant Professor of Medicine
- Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, JHU
- Professor of Medicine, Biomedical Engineering and Radiology
- Assistant Professor of Medicine
- Assistant Professor in Cardiac Surgery
- Associate Professor of Medicine; Director of Electrophysiology, Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center
- Assistant Professor of Medicine
- Assistant Professor of Medicine
- Assistant Professor of Medicine
- Chief, Division of Cardiology; Michel Mirowski, M.D. Professor of Cardiology
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