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DeCS
Descriptor
English
:
Atrial Flutter
Descriptor
Spanish
:
Aleteo Atrial
Descriptor
Portuguese
:
Flutter Atrial
Synonyms
English
:
Auricular Flutter
Tree Number:
C14.280.067.248
C23.550.073.248
Definition
English
:
Rapid, irregular atrial contractions caused by a block of electrical impulse
conduction
in the right atrium and a reentrant wave front traveling up the inter-atrial septum and down the right atrial free wall or vice versa. Unlike
ATRIAL FIBRILLATION
which is caused by abnormal impulse generation, typical
atrial flutter
is caused by abnormal impulse
conduction
. As in
atrial fibrillation
,
patients
with
atrial flutter
cannot effectively pump blood into the lower
chambers
of the heart (
HEART VENTRICLES
).
Indexing Annotation
English
:
do not confuse with
ATRIAL FIBRILLATION
History Note
English
:
84; was AURICULAR FLUTTER 1963-83
Allowable Qualifiers
English
:
BL
blood
CF
cerebrospinal fluid
CI
chemically induced
CL
classification
CO
complications
CN
congenital
DI
diagnosis
DH
diet therapy
DT
drug therapy
EC
economics
EM
embryology
EN
enzymology
EP
epidemiology
EH
ethnology
ET
etiology
GE
genetics
HI
history
IM
immunology
ME
metabolism
MI
microbiology
MO
mortality
NU
nursing
PS
parasitology
PA
pathology
PP
physiopathology
PC
prevention & control
PX
psychology
RA
radiography
RI
radionuclide imaging
RT
radiotherapy
RH
rehabilitation
SU
surgery
TH
therapy
US
ultrasonography
UR
urine
VE
veterinary
VI
virology
Record Number:
1288
Unique Identifier:
D001282
Occurrence in VHL
:
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