Palpitations – Differential Diagnosis
Common causes
Must Not Miss
Easily missed
Red flags
- Palpitations on exertion
- Chest pain
- Syncope or near syncope
- Dyspnoea, Orthopnoea , Oedema
- Hypotension
- Abnormal ECG
Investigations to consider
- FBC, D-dimers
- U+Es, LFTs, TFTs, Serum glucose/lipids
- Troponin/Cardiac enzymes
- ECG
- 24h ECG
- CXR
- Echocardiography
- V/Q scan