Hi, i ve had palpitations for some years but occurring daily and intermittantly during each day now since i had an early morning Angina attach which landed me in hospital for a week with Drs trying to discover cause. None was conculsive except Ct showedd a small Thoracic Aortic aneurysm . Some palpataions are quite hard and thump often feeling like my heart is aching like mucsle ache. I ve recently worn sn event monitor for week. I stopped keeping diary details when i found myself more or less taking notice of every heart beat. However palpatations continuesd and still do. Several days after returning monitor the cardiologist called and said the problem was benign and he d make an appt to see me in several months time. What does Benign mean in my duagnosis and why are palpatations occuring so regularly? Slso ihad Rheumatic Fever of the heart as an 11yr old, I m active person and almost 71yrs of age, height 168cm weight 70kg