Palpitation is a common complaint. Patients frequently feel this symptom despite having
normal rhythm during symptoms. I have seen many patients who improve significantly on
treatment with proton pump inhibitors (PPI). It may be that gastritis provokes a feeling of
discomfort that subsequently starts the feeling of palpitation. On searching literature I
found no study that investigated the effect of PPI's on palpitations. Therefore I propose a
study where the investigators randomize people with palpitations with normal heart rate (no
arrhythmia) and no apparent cause such as anxiety or clear illness to receive either PPI or
placebo. The result will help to investigate if the improvement is true and if the results
are positive this can provide a simple treatment for a common problem.