What does atrial flutter mean

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The heart is the most important internal organ of the human body. Atrial flutter, as the name suggests, is the abnormal rapid beating of the heart. Sometimes it may be accompanied by abnormal conditions such as sudden acceleration or sudden stop of the heart, which is easy to cause life-threatening. Here's what atrial flutter means.

What does atrial flutter mean

First, atrial flutter can be considered as the intermediate type between atrial tachycardia and atrial fibrillation. When the rate of atrial ectopic pacing is 250-350 beats / min and regular, the rapid and coordinated contraction of the atrium is called atrial flutter. Patients may have hypotension, dizziness, palpitations, angina pectoris, and even cardiogenic shock.

Second: the vast majority of atrial fibrillation and atrial flutter occur in coronary heart disease, hypertensive heart disease, pulmonary heart disease, hypokalemia, acute pulmonary infection or digitalis poisoning, etc. Therefore, we should first find out the causes and actively carry out the treatment of basic diseases. In general, before the onset of atrial fibrillation or atrial flutter, if frequent atrial premature beats appear, active treatment should be taken to prevent the development of atrial fibrillation or atrial flutter.

Third: when atrial flutter is 1:1 down transmission (mostly in infants), the ventricular rate can reach 250 times / min, and hypotension, dizziness, palpitation, angina pectoris and even cardiogenic shock can occur.

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The biggest risk of atrial flutter is that the attack of this disease is not regular, it may occur at any time, and the duration of onset is not the same, sometimes it may be just a few seconds, or a few minutes, but also a few hours and a few days. Therefore, to understand the meaning of atrial flutter can better prevent it.