The New England Journal of Medicine: Audible Auricular Heart Sounds in Auricular Flutter THE bedside diagnosis of auricular flutter can occasionally be made on the basis of certain characteristics of the ventricular rate and its response to carotid-sinus pressure, deep inspiration and ... Atrial flutter occurs when a “reentrant” circuit is present, causing a repeated loop of electrical activity to depolarize the atrium at a rate of about 250 to 350 beats per minute; the atrial rate in ... Medscape: Ablation superior to amiodarone for the treatment of first-episode symptomatic atrial flutter Saint-Etienne, France - Radiofrequency ablation is more effective than treatment with amiodarone for the prevention of atrial flutter recurrence in patients who experienced a first symptomatic episode ...

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Ablation superior to amiodarone for the treatment of first-episode symptomatic atrial flutter 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 results ... Medscape: Risk of Thromboembolic Events Similar Between Patients With Lone Atrial Flutter and Those With Atrial Fibrillation