Atrial flutter with 1:1 atrioventricular response may be spontaneous or drug-induced and may occur in persons with or without known organic heart disease. The response is often caused by sympathetic discharge associated with exertion or excitement. The presence of wide QRS complexes due to aberrant...
When a ventricular pulse rate is measured to be 150 beats per minute, atrial flutter should be considered. By increasing AV nodal delay with adenosine or beta-blockade, the atrial “flutter waves,” characterized by a saw-tooth appearance, can usually be seen on a rhythm strip (Figure 6)....
Sign up with one click: Facebook Twitter Google Share on Facebook AF (redirected fromatrial flutter) Thesaurus Medical Financial Acronyms Encyclopedia Wikipedia Related to atrial flutter:atrial fibrillation AF abbr. 1.air force 2.audio frequency ...
A 62-year-old woman with amedical historysignificant formalignancyand mesenteric thrombosis who developed atrial fibrillation (AF) andatrial flutterwith rapid ventricular response presented fortransesophageal echocardiography(TEE) and direct currentcardioversion. TEE revealed a masslike structure within the vic...
The acute effect of verapamil on the ventricular rate in atrial fibrillation and flutter was studied in 15 patients, 13 of whom had heart rate inadequately controlled with digitalis. Plasma concentrations were measured 5 and 10 min after intravenous doses of 0.075 mg/kg and 0.15 mg/kg verapamil...
Ventricular standstill after the termination of atrial fibrillation is the result of depression of the sinus and subsidiary pacemakers. Atrial fibrillation should be differentiated from atrial flutter and atrial tachycardia with varying A-V response. Tachycardia with wide QRS complexes (and an irregular ...
Intravenous Diltiazem Versus Metoprolol in Acute Rate Control of Atrial Fibrillation/Flutter and Rapid Ventricular Response: A Meta-Analysis of Randomized ... Background Atrial fibrillation (AF) and/or atrial flutter (AFL) with rapid ventricular response (RVR) is a condition that often requires urgen...
In three patients, intra-atrial pressure was recorded together with the electrical activity during both common and rapid atrial flutter episodes. This showed that variations in atrial flutter cycle length were associated with the rise of atrial pressure during ventricular contraction.These findings ...
Abbreviations for ventricular fibrillation: VFib, Vfib, VF, vfib Caution should be taken when using the short form “AF.” AF is also a short-form term for another similar heart arrhythmia – atrial flutter –that is closely related to AFib. SLIDESHOW Atrial Fibrillation: Heart Symptoms, Diag...
Overweight and obesity as risk factors for atrial fibrillation or flutter: the Danish Diet, Cancer, and Health Study. Am J Med. 2005;118(5):489-495. doi:10.1016/j.amjmed.2005.01.031PubMedGoogle ScholarCrossref 19. Manson JE, Cook NR, Lee IM, et al; VITAL Research ...