[Contemporary treatment of atrial flutter].
Atrial flutter is a relatively common arrhythmia that may be associated with substantial symptoms and morbidity. It can be harmful by impairing the cardiac output and by encouraging atrial thrombus formation that can lead to systemic embolization. In patients with atrial flutter four major issues that must be addressed. These are reversion to normal sinus rhythm, maintenance of sinus rhythm, control of the ventricular rate, and prevention of systemic thrombo-embolism. Nowadays, catheter ablation is the first line treatment of recurrent symptomatic or hemodynamically significant atrial flutter.
Herzzentrum Luzern; Luzerner Kantonsspital.
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D001282:Atrial Flutter / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy*; D017115:Catheter Ablation / Q000379:methods*; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D005343:Fibrinolytic Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D013923:Thromboembolism / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000517:prevention & control*
D005343:Fibrinolytic Agents