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 ...

It is also not ventricular tachycardia because the narrow QRS complexes march through. This tracing is an example of muscle tremors simulating either atrial flutter or ventricular tachycardia.

Atrial flutter is similar to another type of arrhythmia called atrial fibrillation (AFib). Both start in the upper chambers of the heart and cause a fast heartbeat and increase your risk of stroke.

Atrial flutter is a disorder which causes the heart to beat out of its normal rhythm. Learn more here.

The differential diagnosis of an irregularly irregular rhythm includes atrial fibrillation, atrial flutter with variable conduction and multifocal atrial tachycardia or wandering atrial pacemaker.

Differences While atrial flutter and atrial fibrillation are each conditions that involve the atria (the heart's upper chambers), there are some differences between the two conditions.

But there are very important differences between atrial fibrillation and atrial flutter -- both in terms of the precise mechanism of the arrhythmia, but also how they're treated.

A 64-year-old male presents 2 weeks following successful atrial flutter ablation and dual-chamber pacemaker implantation complaining of fatigue, but had no palpitations. What is the diagnosis?

Multifocal atrial arrhythmia is a rare type of tachycardia that often occurs in people with COPD. Learn more here.

AFib can cause one type of tachycardia. Others include atrial flutter, supraventricular tachycardia, Wolf-Parkinson-White syndrome, and ventricular tachycardia ...

Jim Harbaugh briefly left the Chargers vs. Broncos game in Week 6 because of a heart condition. Here's what to know about atrial flutter.