Now atrial fibrillation is much faster than atrial flutter, and it's also much more chaotic than atrial flutter. So typically atrial fibrillation will cause an irregular heart beat.

Atrial flutter is similar to atrial fibrillation in that the rhythm originates in the atrium and causes a narrow complex tachycardia, which carries thromboembolic risk. Typical atrial flutter ...

This finding, according to the authors, suggests that "atrial flutter, even without hypertension, carries a risk similar to that of lone atrial fibrillation and patients with atrial flutter and ...

While people with atrial fibrillation or atrial flutter had worse outcomes than people without either, for some outcomes, risk varied by degree of CHA2DS2-VASc score, researchers reported in JAMA ...

According to the American Heart Association, “The main difference between atrial flutter and atrial fibrillation (AFib) is that in atrial flutter, the rapid heartbeat is regular while in atrial ...

A population-based study showed that male sex, increasing age, and cardiac risk factors increased the risk of atrial fibrillation or flutter associated with hyperthyroidism.

"So, untreated atrial flutter, atrial fibrillation, can cause a stroke down the road, if not immediately," he says. "We are not talking about a matter of days or weeks, but years in the future.

Jim Harbaugh briefly left the Chargers vs. Broncos game in Week 6 because of a heart condition. Here's what to know about atrial flutter.

There is conflicting evidence regarding bisphosphonates and atrial fibrillation (AF) risk in osteoporosis patients. However, bisphosphonates are used in much higher doses in treatment of bone ...

In a large Taiwanese database, patients with atrial flutter had a much lower incidence of stroke at the same CHA2DS2-VASc score as patients with A-fib.

Remote screening yielded new cases of atrial fibrillation (Afib or AF) in the general population that otherwise would have ...

IV magnesium is often used concomitantly with ibutilide during the treatment of atrial fibrillation and flutter to prevent torsades de pointes. Magnesium inhibits the L-type calcium channel as ...