Count the average number of extrasystoles AKA ventricular premature beats (VPBs) per day. You can use a fourier transform on the continuous heart rate monitoring to see if there's a second period of a skipping beat. Divide heart rate by second period to find the period (VPB-1, VPB-2, VPB-3) and estimate percentage of VPBs.
Extrasystoles, or ventricular premature beats (VPB's), are faux heartbeats perceived by the patient as a skipped heartbeat followed by one that throbs twice as hard. The bigger your heart, the more uncomfortable. Most people have some VPB's. They are innocent. Some people have a lot of them, in which case they can become dangerous when undiagnosed.
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