Palpitation

(pal-pit-a'-shun). Any spasmodic fluttering or tremor, especially the abnormally rapid beating of the heart, of which the person is conscious. It is a ociated often with a choking sensation in the throat. It may be due to organic disease or to functional disturbance of the heart; very often it is caused by disorders of the stomach. P., Arterial, arterial pulsation synchronous with the action of the heart, seen sometimes in the epigastric region in the course of the aorta. It is quite common in hysteric persons. P., Celiac, palpitation of the abdominal aorta. P., Nervous, palpitation of the heart due to reflex disturbances from diseases of other organs. P., Symptomatic, of Andral, the reflex palpitation of the heart sometimes observed when tenice are present in the intestines.