What is the pattern of atrial flutter?

The most common symptom is palpitations . Other symptoms include fatigue, dyspnea, and chest pain.

The physical exam in patients with atrial flutter will show regular or irregularly regular peripheral pulse (due to variable conduction from the atrioventricular node), jugular venous distension, respiratory sounds with crackles in lung fields, tachycardia, abdominal distention, and lower extremities edema when …11 Ağu 2021

Atrial flutter causes the heart to beat in a fast but regular pattern — unlike afib, which causes a fast and irregular pattern. Atrial flutter produces a distinctive “sawtooth” pattern on an electrocardiogram (EKG or ECG), a test used to monitor the heart and diagnose heart rhythm disorders.