If your doctor believes coronary artery disease may be playing a role, the doctor may order a stress test or a heart catheterization to test the muscles of your heart. Palpitations that are caused by heart-stimulating substances such as caffeine, tobacco, alcohol, and certain medicines can be treated by eliminating these substances. Rarely, an arrhythmia may require electric shock, cardioversion, or cardiac defibrillation to restore normal heart rhythm. Some people may have an implantable defibrillator or a pacemaker surgically inserted if they remain at risk for potentially life-threatening arrhythmias or if the electrical conduction system of their heart needs assistance. In some cases, however, they are caused by troubling and sometimes life-threatening conditions.
Recovery depends on the cause of the palpitations.
The presence of known heart disease will affect the outcome of all arrhythmias. The evolving role of ambulatory arrhythmia monitoring in general clinical practice. Medicine is a constantly changing science and not all therapies are clearly established. New research changes drug and treatment therapies daily. However, as medical science is constantly changing and human error is always possible , the authors, editors, and publisher or any other party involved with the publication of this article do not warrant the information in this article is accurate or complete, nor are they responsible for omissions or errors in the article or for the results of using this information.