ECG interpretation does have its own limitations particularly in patients who have undergone prior atrial ablations or in patients with structural heart disease. The most important differentiation is between cavotricuspid isthmus dependent flutter and atypical atrial flutter as well as predict whether the...
Diagnosis of atrial flutter: The diagnosis of atrial flutter is based on the symptoms, on the physical examination and on the ECG interpretation. Symptoms. Severity of symptoms depends on the ventricular rate and heart condition. May be present: palpitations, dizziness, anxiety, faintness, shortnes...
Atrial Flutter ECG ReviewAtrial flutter occurs when a “reentrant” circuit is present, causing a repeated loop of electrical activity to depolarize the atrium at a rate of about 250 to 350 beats per minute; the atrial rate in atrial fibrillation is 400 to 600 bpm. ...
Atrial flutter is a type of supraventricular tachycardia caused by a re-entry circuit within the right atrium
At the pacemaker clinic, 37 were determined to be in AF and three were in atrial flutter (AFL). Of these 40 patients with AF/AFL, 28 were correctly identified as such on the 12-lead ECG interpretation. Twelve of the 40 were interpreted only as having an 'electronic ventricular pacemaker'...
(mostly paroxysmal), which is two-channel ECG signals each sampled at 250 samples per second with 12-bit resolution over a range ± 10 mV for 10 h. The rhythm annotation files were prepared manually. The rhythm annotations of types are atrial fibrillation (AF), atrial flutter (AFL), ...
Details of AF Detected by cECG Monitors Of the 20 patients with cECG-detected AF duration of more than 5 minutes, 19 had AF and 1 had atrial flutter. Atrial fibrillation was paroxysmal in 18 of 20 patients (90.0%) and continuous throughout the recording in 2 of 20 (10.0%). Atrial fi...
Although electrical cardioversion can be used to treat almost any abnormal fast heartbeat (such as atrial flutter and ventricular tachycardia), it is used most frequently to convert atrial fibrillation to a normal rhythm. Anticoagulants such as rivaroxaban (Xarelto), apixaban (Eliquis), and warfarin...
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Temporary overdrive pacing can be an effective method for terminating reentry tachyarrhythmias, such as atrial flutter and paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia. It involves depolarization of myocardium within a reentry circuit (the “excitable gap”), rendering the tissue refractory; this interruption ...