en General General Original Research Original Research <font size="3" face="Times New Roman"> </font><font face="Calibri"><font size="3"><b>Background:</b> Increased heart rate is a normal physiological adaptation occurring during pregnancy. Some women have severe tachycardia requiring medical attention. Aim of this study is to determine the number of women with benign symptomatic palpitations who receive treatment.<p></p></font></font><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"> </font><p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Calibri"><font size="3"><b>Method:</b> We performed a retrospective chart review of all women who were referred to our obstetric-medicine clinic for evaluation of palpitation from January 2009 to December 2009 in one major maternity hospital in Kuwait.<p></p></font></font></p><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"> </font><font face="Calibri"><font size="3"><b>Results:</b> A total number of 27 women were identified. Of these, only 7 (25.9%) were given treatment for palpitation. Two were started on digoxin, 3 given propranolol, 1 woman on both propranolol & digoxin and 1 was started on verapamil. Eighteen women had normal deliveries with healthy babies.<p></p></font></font><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"> </font><p style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt" class="MsoNormal"><font size="3"><font face="Calibri"><b>Conclusion:</b> Palpitation is a common symptom during pregnancy. However, only a small number of patients receive treatment despite safety of drugs that are used to control tachycardia.<p></p></font></font></p><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"> </font> Palpitation, Arrhythmia, Pregnancy. 31 34 http://mjiri.iums.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-1-564&slc_lang=en&sid=1 Enas Al-Yaseen dr_enas@hotmail.com 20031947532846007382 20031947532846007382 Yes Obstetric-medicine specialist, Department of Medicine, Al-Amiri Hospital & Maternity hospital, Ministry of Health (MOH), Kuwait. Rawda, Kuwait city. Ashraaf Al-Na'ar dr.ashraaf@hotmail.com. 20031947532846007383 20031947532846007383 No Department of Family Medicine, Khaldia Clinic – MOH, Kuwait. Mohammed Hassan mhmh56@yahoo.com 20031947532846007384 20031947532846007384 No Department of Obstetrics & gynecology, Maternity hospital, MOH, Kuwait. Gassan Al-Ostad dralostad@hotmail.com 20031947532846007385 20031947532846007385 No Montreal, Canada, Department of Obstetrics & gynecology,Maternity hospital, MOH, Kuwait. Ensaf Ibrahim dr_enas@hotmail.com 20031947532846007386 20031947532846007386 No Department of Obstetrics & gynecology, Maternity hospital, MOH, Kuwait.