What is a typical atrial flutter?

Typical atrial flutter is an organised atrial tachycardia . It can also be defined as a macroreentrant tachycardia confined to the right atrium. This arrhythmia has a 200-260 ms cycle length, although it may fluctuate depending on patient’s previous treatment or ablation, congenital heart disease, etc.

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Is a heart flutter the same as AFib?

Atrial flutter is similar to atrial fibrillation , a common disorder that causes the heart to beat in abnormal patterns. People with atrial flutter have a heart rhythm that’s more organized and less chaotic than that of atrial fibrillation. Sometimes you may have episodes of both atrial flutter and atrial fibrillation.20 Kas 2020

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