palpitations or flutter?

hello familly , i have pacemaker and take cartia 120 once per day. am seeing a electrocardioligyst to try to find out if i have a short circuit i so far he is not sure they mention something it might be S/A node what ever that means.. my issues is this please help i get this ramdom every other month or 2 months ,,i be walking or not doing anything and like 1 hour after taking cartia i feel this palpitaion like out of sync. like a FLUTTER and scares me very much i feel like my heart is not beating normal for like 2-3 seconds and it goes away. any idea what am feeling i had never felt this types of palpitations am 36 years ols and pace maker since 2007

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Know your heart

by Gotrhythm - 2017-04-10 18:32:26

I'm not a doctor and wouldn't think of trying to diagnose what is going on with you. 

In my opinion, it behooves anyone with a pacemaker to learn as much as they can about the heart's conduction system and about how pacemakers work to correct conduction system problems.

When we understand our condition we are able to ask better questions, and it also helps so that we don't feel so out of control and helpless. 

The internet offers resources galore, and you can find a gazillion animations on youtube of how the heart works. Here is just one https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RYZ4daFwMa8

It will tell you what the S/A node is, where it is, and what it's function is. 

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