"Atrial Flutter" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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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 ID |
D001282
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C14.280.067.248 C23.550.073.248
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| Concept/Terms |
Atrial Flutter- Atrial Flutter
- Atrial Flutters
- Flutter, Atrial
- Flutters, Atrial
- Auricular Flutter
- Auricular Flutters
- Flutter, Auricular
- Flutters, Auricular
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| 1998 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2005 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2010 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2011 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Atrial Flutter" by people in Profiles.
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Readmission in patients undergoing percutaneous patent foramen ovale closure in the United States. Int J Cardiol. 2023 Jan 01; 370:143-148.
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A Simple Score That Predicts Paroxysmal Atrial Fibrillation on Outpatient Cardiac Monitoring after Embolic Stroke of Unknown Source. J Stroke Cerebrovasc Dis. 2018 Jun; 27(6):1692-1696.
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Biomarkers of Atrial Cardiopathy and Atrial Fibrillation Detection on Mobile Outpatient Continuous Telemetry After Embolic Stroke of Undetermined Source. J Stroke Cerebrovasc Dis. 2017 Jun; 26(6):1249-1253.
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Atrial flutter demonstrated by M-mode echocardiography. Pediatr Cardiol. 2014 Jun; 35(5):893-5.
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Usefulness of transesophageal echocardiography to confirm clinical utility of CHA2DS2-VASc and CHADS2 scores in atrial flutter. Am J Cardiol. 2012 Feb 15; 109(4):550-5.
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Right coronary artery occlusion during RF ablation of typical atrial flutter. J Cardiovasc Electrophysiol. 2010 Jul; 21(7):818-21.
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Amiodarone prophylaxis reduces major cardiovascular morbidity and length of stay after cardiac surgery: a meta-analysis. Ann Intern Med. 2005 Sep 06; 143(5):327-36.
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Conversion efficacy and safety of intravenous ibutilide compared with intravenous procainamide in patients with atrial flutter or fibrillation. J Am Coll Cardiol. 1998 May; 31(6):1414-9.
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Safety and efficacy of flestolol, a new ultrashort-acting beta-adrenergic blocking agent, for supraventricular tachyarrhythmias. Am J Cardiol. 1986 Nov 01; 58(10):1005-8.
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Supraventricular tachyarrhythmias: their evaluation and therapy. Am Heart J. 1986 Jun; 111(6):1150-61.