Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

DECEMBER 26, 2020

There is the appearance of STE in inferior leads II, III, and aVF (with STD in aVR), but this is entirely due to flutter waves which are only seen in those leads. Also, the atrial flutter in this case is relatively slow like in many other cases we've shown. Atrial Flutter with Inferior STEMI? Is this inferor STEMI?

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Atrial Flutter Ischemia STEMI Tachycardia 52

DAIC

DECEMBER 29, 2023

Early treatment of persistent AF can reduce the risk of blood clots, stroke, and heart failure, and may prevent the disease from becoming permanent. Unlike paroxysmal AF, which describes symptoms that last for seven days or fewer, persistent AF is a sustained arrhythmia that lasts for more than a week 1. The company now anticipates U.S.

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Atrial Fibrillation Ablation Atrial Flutter Blood Clot 115

HeartRhythm

APRIL 30, 2024

67-year-old male has a planned PVI with RFA for atrial fibrillation involving bilateral wide area circumferential ablation, left carina line, posterior left atrial linear box isolation. He also underwent separate CTI ablation for atrial flutter. He was discharged the next day on colchicine and omeprazole. g/dl from 13.3

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Atrial Flutter Atrial Fibrillation Ablation Stroke 40

Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality & Outcomes

MARCH 28, 2025

Among all covariates, claims algorithms for covariates had sensitivities 85% for identifying diabetes, atrial flutter/fibrillation, and hypertension in MA and FFS. We compared the kappa for MA versus FFS using the 2-samplez-test with a significance level ofP<0.05.RESULTS:Among

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Open Heart

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

Regular clinical follow-ups were conducted to detect AF recurrence, defined as any episode of atrial fibrillation, atrial flutter or atrial tachycardia lasting >30 s. Results A total of 246 patients were enrolled, with 108 patients in the PVI group and 138 patients in the PVI+SVCI group.

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Atrial Fibrillation Ablation Atrial Flutter Coronary Artery Disease 52

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

JANUARY 9, 2024

The ECG was interpreted as showing atrial flutter with 2:1 conduction. The heart rate could be compatible with that of a 2:1 conducted atrial flutter. Also, lead I could give the initial impression of showing flutter waves. After atrial rhythm/SR was restored the patient slowly improved.

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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

AUGUST 3, 2018

Re-entrant tachycardias (atrial flutter, PSVT, AVRT, VT) have constant regular heart rates, whereas sinus tachycardia will usually gradually change rate with differing conditions (for instance, after infusion of fluid and BP increase, sinus tach rate might decrease from 130 to 125, for instance). So there is a re-entrant rhythm.

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Chest Pain Tachycardia Atrial Flutter Ultrasound 40

Cardiomatics

APRIL 5, 2024

The electrical impulse goes further to the atrioventricular (AV) node, whose role is to slow down the conduction from the atria to the ventricles long enough for atrial contraction to occur. This allows the atria to fill the ventricles and achieve the highest possible stroke volume. An abnormal electrocardiogram can mean many things.

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AMS Cardiology

JANUARY 16, 2024

When your heart beats too quickly, too slow, or irregularly, it can affect your blood flow and lead to severe complications like stroke or heart failure. Atrial flutter: This is a rapid but regular heart rhythm often progressing to AFib. Cardioversion is used to correct abnormal heart rhythms, also known as arrhythmias.

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Atrial Fibrillation Heart Rhythm AFIB Atrial Flutter 52

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

JANUARY 5, 2020

speci fi city of the General Electric (GE) algorithm for AF, but they excluded cases with ventricular paced rhythm (VPR), in which the underlying atrial rhythm was frequently AF;we did not exclude VPR, as accurate identi fi cation of AF in VPR is important for determination of stroke risk [ 22 ]. Poon et al. sensitivity and 98.9%

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Stroke Journal

OCTOBER 1, 2024

Stroke, Ahead of Print. Background:Ischemic stroke is a leading cause of death and disability. Society guidelines recommend pharmacotherapies for secondary stroke prevention. In this subset of patients with atrial flutter/fibrillation, women were also less likely prescribed anticoagulants (41.2% vs 45.0%).

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Stroke Strokes Atrial Flutter 40

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

DECEMBER 16, 2024

Methods The primary effectiveness endpoint (PEE) was 12-month freedom from documented atrial fibrillation/atrial flutter/atrial tachycardia plus freedom from acute procedural failure, nonstudy catheter failure, repeat ablation failure, direct current cardioversion (DCCV), and Class I/III antiarrhythmic drug (AAD) failure.

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Atrial Fibrillation Quality of Life Atrial Flutter Ablation 40

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

APRIL 8, 2015

to 1.45) for fatal or nonfatal stroke. Of the 67 patients who underwent targeted tests, suspected diagnoses were confirmed in 49 (73%) patients: aortic stenosis (n = 8, 1%), pulmonary embolism (n = 8, 1%), seizures/stroke (n = 30, 5%), and other diseases (n = 3). g/dL —Hypotension (obviously!) to 3.80).

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Arrhythmia Outcomes Chest Pain Risk Factors 52

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology

JANUARY 7, 2025

ABSTRACT Typical atrial flutter (AFL), defined as cavotricuspid isthmus (CTI)-dependent macro-re-entrant atrial tachycardia, often causes debilitating symptoms, and is associated with increased incidence of atrial fibrillation, stroke, heart failure, and death.

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