Dr. Hugh Calkins answers the question: 'Atrial Fibrillation vs. Atrial Flutter?' — -- Question: My doctor told me I sometimes have atrial fibrillation and at other times have atrial flutter. What ...

Cardiologists at University of Utah Health use this therapy for people with heart rhythm disorders (arrhythmias), including atrial flutter and atrial fibrillation (AFib). Your heart’s electrical ...

When your electrical system is working normally, the two upper chambers of the heart (atria) contract and pump blood into the two lower chambers (ventricles) in a well-coordinated way. This results in ...

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 ...

The longer and continuous recording duration of an event loop recorder may offer physicians the advantage of recording paroxysmal and often silent episodes of atrial fibrillation that would not be ...

Among the 77 patients assigned to undergo circumferential pulmonary-vein ablation, ablation was repeated because of recurrent atrial fibrillation in 26 percent of patients and atypical atrial flutter ...

When you put your hand on your chest, you might feel your heart's familiar lub-dub beat. If your heart races or the beats feel irregular and the feeling lasts for a few minutes, that’s a sign you ...

Drinking a cup of caffeinated coffee daily led to a significant drop in atrial fibrillation (AF) or flutter in patients with sustained AF compared with those who abstained from coffee and caffeine, ...

Atrial tachycardia is an abnormal heart rhythm where the top chambers in your heart beat quicker than usual. During an atrial tachycardia episode, your heart rate may exceed 100 beats per minute (bpm) ...

Compared with an age, sex, and region-matched general population, patients hospitalized for AF or atrial flutter had, on average, a 2.6-year loss in life expectancy. When different age groups were ...

Atrial flutter is a heart disorder in which the heart beats out of its normal rhythm. The condition is similar to atrial fibrillation (afib) — the most common type of arrhythmia (abnormal heartbeat) — ...