Atrial flutter is an abnormal cardiac rhythm characterized by rapid, regular atrial depolarizations at a characteristic rate of approximately 300 beats/min and a regular ventricular rate of about 150 beats/min in patients not taking atrioventricular (AV) nodal blockers.
Read moreWhat is atrial flutter on ECG?
Atrial 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.
Read moreAre P waves present in atrial flutter?
This is because the P waves (flutter waves ) in atrial flutter occur at about 250-350 per minute (usually around 300). At this rate, it can appear that there is a P wave in front of each QRS and a T wave after each QRS.15 Kas 2016
Read moreWhat is the difference between AF and atrial flutter?
In atrial fibrillation, the atria beat irregularly. In atrial flutter, the atria beat regularly, but faster than usual and more often than the ventricles , so you may have four atrial beats to every one ventricular beat.
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