Atrial Flutter - Physiopathology
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Sunday, March 21, 2010

Dronedarone.

16 Aug 2009 Amiodarone is the most effective antiarrhythmic drug for maintaining sinus rhythm for patients with atrial fibrillation. Extra-cardiac side effects have been a limiting factor, especially during chronic use, and may offset its benefits. Dronedarone ... Read more...

Test characteristics of neck fullness and witnessed neck pulsations in the diagnosis of typical AV nodal reentrant tachycardia.

30 Jul 2009 BACKGROUND: Claims in the medical literature suggest that neck fullness and witnessed neck pulsations are useful in the diagnosis of typical AV nodal reentrant tachycardia (AVNRT). HYPOTHESIS: Neck fullness and witnessed neck pulsations have a high ... Read more...

Long-term outcomes after catheter ablation of cavo-tricuspid isthmus dependent atrial flutter: a meta-analysis.

21 Jun 2009 BACKGROUND: Despite the success of catheter ablation of cavotricuspid isthmus-dependent atrial flutter (AFL), important postablation outcomes are ill-defined. The purpose of our study was to analyze long-term outcomes after catheter ablation of ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Atrial Flutter - Physiopathology'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Treatment of atrial flutter. 30 Aug 2009
• Dronedarone. 16 Aug 2009
• Test characteristics of neck fullness and witnessed neck pulsations in the diagnosis of typical AV nodal reentrant tachycardia. 30 Jul 2009
• Long-term outcomes after catheter ablation of cavo-tricuspid isthmus dependent atrial flutter: a meta-analysis. 21 Jun 2009
• Transient atrial flutter in premature infants. 30 May 2009
• Mechanisms of atypical flutter wave morphology in patients with isthmus-dependent atrial flutter. 22 May 2009
• Ask the doctor. What are the differences between atrial flutter and atrial fibrillation? 29 Apr 2009
• Safety and efficacy of ibutilide in heart transplant recipients. 29 Apr 2009
• Synchronizing computer simulations with measurement data for a case of atrial flutter. 15 Apr 2009
• Action potential characteristics in the sinus venosa of patients with and without atrial flutter. 25 Feb 2009
• The gap junction modifier, GAP-134 [(2S,4R)-1-(2-aminoacetyl)-4-benzamido-pyrrolidine-2-carboxylic acid], improves conduction and reduces atrial fibrillation/flutter in the canine sterile pericarditis model. 25 Feb 2009
• Role of the right atrial substrate in different types of atrial arrhythmias. 12 Feb 2009
• Electrophysiological mechanisms of atrial flutter. 30 Jan 2009
• Assessment of local atrial repolarization in a porcine acetylcholine model of atrial flutter and fibrillation. 30 Jan 2009
• Noninvasive characterization of intra-atrial reentrant tachyarrhythmias after surgical repair of congenital heart diseases. 26 Jan 2009
• ECG manifestations of left atrial flutter. 30 Dec 2008
• [Arterial hypertension and cardiac arrhythmias] 13 Dec 2008
• Cardiorespiratory interactions in patients with atrial flutter. 18 Nov 2008
• Cavotricuspid isthmus conduction split by pouch-like recesses during typical atrial flutter. 9 Nov 2008
• Three-dimensional electroanatomical mapping of right periatriotomy tachycardias after interatrial defect correction. 9 Oct 2008

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Technical information about 'Atrial Flutter'

Definition: Rapid, irregular atrial contractions caused by a block of electrical impulse conduction in the right atrium and a reentrant wave front traveling up the inter-atrial septum and down the right atrial free wall or vice versa. Unlike ATRIAL FIBRILLATION which is caused by abnormal impulse generation, typical atrial flutter is caused by abnormal impulse conduction. As in atrial fibrillation, patients with atrial flutter cannot effectively pump blood into the lower chambers of the heart (HEART VENTRICLES).

Descriptor UI: D001282

Alternative terms: Atrial Flutter; Atrial Flutters; Flutter, Atrial; Flutters, Atrial; Auricular Flutter; Auricular Flutters; Flutter, Auricular; Flutters, Auricular;

Allowable Qualifiers: blood; cerebrospinal fluid; chemically induced; classification; complications; congenital; diagnosis; diet therapy; drug therapy; economics; embryology; enzymology; ethnology; etiology; genetics; history; immunology; metabolism; microbiology; mortality; nursing; epidemiology; parasitology; pathology; physiopathology; prevention & control; psychology; radiography; radionuclide imaging; radiotherapy; rehabilitation; surgery; therapy; urine; veterinary; ultrasonography; virology;

Tree Number: C14.280.067.248; C23.550.073.248;

Online Note: use ATRIAL FLUTTER to search AURICULAR FLUTTER 1966-83

History Note: 84; was AURICULAR FLUTTER 1963-83

Technical Notes: do not confuse with ATRIAL FIBRILLATION