When should you fold or Holt onto your cards for palpitations? Learn about properly characterizing a patient’s palpitations, red flag symptoms, when to grab an echocardiogram and/or heart monitoring, and when certain “benign” ECG findings can be concerning. We’re joined by the director of cardiac electrophysiology at Temple University Hospital, Dr. Joshua Cooper (@narrowQRS) for this episode chock full of cardiac pearls to make your heart skip a beat.

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Credits

Producer, Show Notes, Infographic, and Cover Art: Edison Jyang
Producer: Paul Williams MD, FACP
Hosts: Matthew Watto MD, FACP; Paul Williams MD, FACP
Reviewer: Molly Heublein MD
Executive Producer: Beth Garbitelli
Showrunner: Matthew Watto MD, FACP
Editor: Clair Morgan of nodderly.com
Guest: Joshua Cooper MD

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Show Segments

Intro, disclaimer, guest bio
Guest one-liner, Picks of the Week*
Case from Kashlak
Defining what the patient means by palpitations
Common causes and misdiagnoses
Red flag symptoms
Exposures and medications to consider
Sinus tachycardia
Workup for palpitations
Monitors
Script for a negative workup
Premature ventricular contractions
Outro