Atrial flutter is a heart condition in which the atria fires off multiple ectopic pacemakers causing a flutter of atrial contraction and increasing the rate of ventricle contraction. Atrial flutter occurs most commonly in people who have a variety of cardiac diseases, however, it has been noted in...
41 The exception is healthy neonates with a structurally normal heart who may or may not have had a history of atrial flutter as a fetus. In these patients, once terminated, atrial flutter tends not to recur and therefore does not need long-term therapy. Different types of atrial flutter ...
Atrial flutter is an irregular heartbeat. It reduces your heart's ability to pump blood, which means you do not get enough oxygen. An irregular heartbeat could lead to a life-threatening blood clot or stroke.WHILE YOU ARE HERE:Informed consent...
Manage atrial flutter:Know your target heart rate. Learn how to take your pulse and monitor your heart rate. Manage other health conditions. This includes high blood pressure or cholesterol, sleep apnea, diabetes, and other heart conditions. Take medicine as directed and follow your treatment pl...
Atrial flutter is a supraventricular tachydysrhythmia believed to arise from electrophysiologic disturbances in the atria. It tends to be an unstable rhythm and is usually associated with intrinsic cardiac or pulmonary disease or adverse extrinsic influences on the heart. It is due to either a re...
Impact on your heart rhythm In atrial flutter, electrical impulses don’t follow their normal pathway through your heart. Instead, they travel in a loop around your heart’s upper chambers. That makes your heart beat too fast. But it doesn’t beat erratically. Despite the speed at which you...
AFib vs. atrial flutter Both are problems with your heart's beating. When you haveatrial flutter, your heart beats too fast but still mostly in a regular rhythm. When you have AFib, your heart's rhythm is irregular. Types of Atrial Fibrillation ...
Rate control: Beta-blockers or CCB (1st line) Long-term AC is determined by thromboembolic risk (CHA2DS2-VASc score) and bleeding risk (HAS-BLED score) Differential Diagnosis The following conditions are differential diagnoses for AF : Atrial flutter : an irregular heart rhythm of the atria...
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At our center, at 35 weeks, detailed ultrasound showed a normally formed female fetus with normal growth and fetal biometry, occasional PAC, alternated with occasional atrial flutter (AF) (Figure 1A,B) and with normal rhythm. However, the fetal heart had atrial septal aneurysm (ASA), with ...