Atrial flutter and atrial fibrillation (AFib) both occur when the electrical signals that make your heart chambers contract occur faster than normal. However, they differ in how this electrical ...

When your heart’s in an episode of atrial flutter, it can’t pump an adequate amount of blood to the rest of your body. In AFib, on the other hand, the electrical signals that travel through ...

Atrial flutter and atrial fibrillation (AFib) are heart rhythm conditions that occur when the upper chambers of the heart (known as the atria) beat too quickly. Atrial flutter involves the atria ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Northwell Staten Island University Hospital is among the first in the country to successfully treat ...

Thus, it is a serious condition that must be monitored. Atrial flutter is similar to atrial fibrillation, more commonly known as "AFib," but there is a key difference. According to Johns Hopkins ...

A-Fib, though, disrupts that pattern and allows the blood to swirl or flutter inside the atrial appendage and form a clot. "If that blood clot breaks loose, it can pump it out of the heart and it can ...

Therefore, this approval marks an important moment for patients suffering from atrial fibrillation and atrial flutter in intensive care settings. “Rapiblyk TM approval in the US represents an ...

the hazard ratio of a first recurrence of any atrial tachyarrhythmia -- atrial fibrillation, flutter, or tachycardia -- lasting at least 30 seconds during the period from day 91 to day 365 after ...