Today I want to talk about ectopic heartbeats — something that causes a great deal of anxiety, despite being very common and, in the vast majority of cases, completely harmless. What are ectopic heartbeats? Ectopic heartbeats are extra beats that interrupt the heart’s normal rhythm. Patients describe them in many ways: a missed beat a flutter a skipped beat or a sudden, forceful “thud” in the ches [...]