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 ...

Atrial flutter most commonly occurs in a reentrant ... procedure is low risk with a high success rate, unlike that of atrial fibrillation where success rates vary and there is a higher ...

A 2024 study followed the outcomes of 260,492 adults hospitalized for AFib or atrial flutter, a closely related cardiac rhythm change. The authors reported 45% of the people had died within 10 ...

Discover how botanical and nutrient therapies provided adjunctive support for a 76-year-old patient with treatment-resistant ...

Two studies led by researchers at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard and Mass General Brigham have greatly expanded the ...

"At 10 years, 1 in 10 patients had suffered a stroke, 1 in 6 were hospitalized for heart failure, and 41.2% had been readmitted due to recurrent atrial fibrillation or flutter," she said.

US and European guidelines for atrial fibrillation differ in subtle but important ways that are swaying treatment decisions.

Heart rate control is a key way to manage atrial fibrillation. Doctors consider it one of the four pillars of AFib care. One way to control AFib is to take rhythm control medication, which helps ...

Antiarrhythmic drugs (AADs) are often used after ablation for atrial fibrillation (AF); the drugs employed vary, but most common are the drugs that were unsuccessful prior to ablation since it ...

Paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia (PSVT) and paroxysmal atrial fibrillation/flutter (PAF): 50mg every 12 hours; increase in increments of 50mg twice daily every 4 days until efficacy is ...