Now atrial fibrillation is much faster than atrial flutter, and it's also much more chaotic than atrial flutter. So typically atrial fibrillation will cause an irregular heart beat.

For one, Afib patients had more ischemic strokes and heart failure hospitalizations than did the atrial flutter cohort at a CHA 2 DS 2 -VASc score of 1 or higher, but the incidence of all-cause ...

While people with atrial fibrillation or atrial flutter had worse outcomes than people without either, for some outcomes, risk varied by degree of CHA2DS2-VASc score, researchers reported in JAMA ...

People who have AFib and/or atrial flutter are at an increased risk for developing blood clots, which can lead to stroke. Having an electrical cardioversion procedure can increase a person’s risk of ...

Among patients hospitalized with COVID-19, atrial fibrillation and atrial flutter are common and are associated with worse outcomes, according to findings presented at the virtual American Heart ...

Although this code includes both AF and flutter, only 5% of patients have isolated atrial flutter (Frost and Vestergaard, 2004).

Kardium has collected an FDA approval for its pulsed field ablation approach to treating atrial fibrillation, giving it the ...

The same stratification and treatment approaches are used for atrial fibrillation and atrial flutter in stroke prevention, but a new study suggests they should be assessed and treated differently.

Remote screening yielded new cases of atrial fibrillation (Afib or AF) in the general population that otherwise would have ...

The ablation was successful for the flutter, and my heart rate was in the low 60s afterward. Six months ago, atrial fibrillation (A-fib) showed up, but again, there weren’t any real symptoms for me.

Bisphosphonates are an effective treatment for osteoporosis, but several trials reported an association between use of these drugs and an increased risk of atrial fibrillation and flutter; other ...

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.