Key points. 1  Have your serum cholesterol checked every four to six years if youâre a healthy adult. 2  Serum cholesterol levels can help your doctor identify your risk for developing heart disease in the next 10 years. 3  Lifestyle changes, like diet and exercise, can help improve serum cholesterol levels.
However the main reason for this overlap is that cardiac symptoms in women, such as fatigue, can be so subtle. Also, heart palpitations can occur during hot flashes, so many women assume their palpitations are âjust menopauseâ and donât get them checked out. Palpitations should always get cardiac evaluation.
Palpitations Symptoms. Palpitations are the unpleasant sensations of irregular and/or forceful beating of the heart in the chest. This symptom can be caused by a change in the rate or rhythm, or by an increase in the force of the contraction of the heart muscle. 1  In some patients with palpitations, no heart disease or abnormal heart rhythms can be found. 2  In others, palpitations result from abnormal heart rhythms called arrhythmias.