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Scott,

Scary experience. The heart runs on chemical electricity. The electrical circuit is supposed to start at a geographically very distinct point and from there spread out in an exact pattern to the different parts of the heart muscle. That way the heart atriums and ventricles can contract in an orderly fashion resulting in effective pumping of the blood threw the heart.

For several reasons this could go wrong. The electrical impulse can sometimes start in a different place and also create an electrical loop that triggers the contractions much faster than normal. This will give you a very fast heart beat but can also create a "skipping" of every x heartbeat. Both will lead to insufficient contractions and symptoms related to both lower blood pressure and lower oxygen saturation of the blood. A feeling of weakness, dizziness, nausea and of course the scary sensation from the irregular heart rhythm it self.

Most are harmless, but some are not. I am glad you had it checked out.

I canīt help but smile when you write you had four hours of testing and checking - resulting in "skip the coffee, will ya".

End rant.