Causes of Palpitations

 • ARRHYTHMiA 

 • SINUS ARRYTHMIA 

 • ATRIAL FIBRILLATION 

 • ATRIAL FLUTTER 

 • HEART BLOCK 

 • PREMATURE VENTRICULAR CONTRACTIONS 

 • WOLF PARKINSON WHITE SYNDROME 

 • SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA 

 • ATRIAL TACHYCARDIA 

 • VENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA 

NON-ARRHYTHMIC 

 • SINUS TACHYCARDIA 

 • CONGENITAL STRUCTURAL DISEASE 

 • ACQUIRED VALVULAR DISEASE 

 • HEART FAILURE 

 • CARDIOMYOPATHY 

 • PERICARDITIS 

 • MYOCARDITIS 



DRUGS/TOXIC 

 • SYPATHOMIMETICS 

 • CARDIAC DRUGS 

 • ILLICIT DRUGS 

 • ALCOHOL 

 • NICOTINE 

 • CAFFEINE 

 • SEROTONINERGIC DRUGS 

 • SODIUM CHANNEL BLOCKERS 

 • THERAPEUTIC DRUG WITHDRAWAL 

SYSTEMIC 

 • ANAEMIA 

 • METABOLIC DISORDER 

 • PYREXIA 

 • HYPOVOLAEMIA 

 • HYPERTHYROIDISM 

 • PHAEOCHROMOCYTOMA 

 • PULMONARY DISEASE 

 • HYPOXIA 

PSYCHIATRIC

 • ANXIETY DISORDER 

 • SOMATISATION 



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