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| | atrial flutter |
 | | The extra work caused by atrial flutter may lead to chest pain and even heart attack in people with coronary artery disease. | | | Atrial flutter most often comes after a heart attack or open heart surgery. | | | Atrial flutter can also be prevented by a surgical procedure that gets rid of the short circuit. |
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http://www.northmemorial.com/healthencyclopedia/content/13.asp
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| | afib, atrial fib, ablation, atrial fibrillation |
| | Atrial fibrillation is very common in patients who require heart surgery for other reasons (mitral valve surgery, aortic valve surgery, coronary artery bypass grafting, and other surgical procedures). | | | During all surgical procedures to treat atrial fibrillation, the left atrial appendage is removed and the tissue is closed with a special stapling device. | | | For most patients, surgery for atrial fibrillation is elective. |
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http://www.clevelandclinic.org/heartcenter/pub/atrial_fibrillation/surgtx.htm
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| | CHIN: Atrial Septal Defects: Surgical and Transcatheter Management |
| | In summary, atrial septal defects are relatively common congenital cardiac defects which are readily corrected through a number of surgical approaches, and a closely defined subgroup of patients may be managed by transcatheter closure. | | | Simple atrial septal defects were among the first congenital cardiac anomalies to be corrected by surgical treatment. | | | However, if patients are properly selected, the results of device closure of the atrial septal defect may prove to be, in many cases, equivalent to those results obtained through standard surgical intervention without some of the issues involved with open heart surgery. |
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http://www.tchin.org/resource_room/c_art_14.htm
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| | Atrial |
| | Apart from exceedingly rare conditions, such as aneurysms of the atrial wall or dilatation of the atrial appendages, the significant atrial lesions are undue prominence of the valves of the embryonic venous sinus, juxtaposition of the atrial appendages, and division of the left atrium (cor triatriatum). | | | In from one-quarter to one-third of normal hearts, however, the upper edge of the flap valve, or septum primum, is not fused with the flange. | | | This upper edge in most adult hearts is firmly fused to the right atrial flange, producing both mechanical and hemodynamic closure of the septum. |
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http://www.pediheart.org/practitioners/defects/atrial.htm
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| | Rate is not slowed by carotid sinus massage. | | | Cardioversion of atrial arrhythmias after parenteral magnesium therapy has been reported in several small studies. | | | If AF converts to A. Flutter, because the atrial rate is slower, the ventricular response may actually increase. |
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http://members.lycos.co.uk/anaesthetics/atrial.htm
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| | Cardiac, Surgery for Atrial Fibrillation |
| | Columbia's surgical atrial fibrillation program is led by Michael Argenziano, MD, Director of Arrhythmia Surgery, and the AF management team includes Mehmet C. Yoshifumi Naka, MD and Mathew Williams, MD, who are trained in the most innovative treatment options for atrial fibrillation. | | | This technique is highly effective in curing atrial fibrillation. | | | We performed our first such closed chest, off-pump atrial fibrillation operation in February 2003, and we now offer this approach as a clinical option for treatment of lone atrial fibrillation. |
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http://afibsurgery.org
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| | FAA Medical Virtual Flight Surgeons Aviation Medicine Heart Rhythm |
| | A recent development in the treatment of refractory, symptomatic atrial fibrillation is a surgical approach called the Maze procedure. | | | Which Patients with Atrial Fibrillation Do Not Need Anticoagulation Therapy with Warfarin? | | | Approximately 4% of the adult population will experience atrial fibrillation in their lifetime. |
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http://www.aviationmedicine.com/rhythm.htm
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| | Hospital Practice: Cardiac Arrhythmia |
| | Since disruption of normal atrial blood flow with stasis can promote thrombus formation, leading to stroke or peripheral embolization, first-line therapy for patients with atrial fibrillation is anticoagulation. | | | The only patients who do not require long-term drug therapy for rate control are those in whom atrial fibrillation develops after cardiac surgery. | | | Patients with atrial fibrillation and sick sinus syndrome, who tend to have bradycardia or long pauses while in sinus rhythm, usually need a pacemaker to help prevent bradyarrhythmia. |
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http://www.hosppract.com/issues/1999/0901/gold.htm
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| | atrial atrial myxoma |
| | This approach of slowing and not converting the atrial fibrillation may be a reasonable choice as it makes the paitent less symptomatic and does not carry with it major side effects such as sudden death. | | | In general there have been five randomized clinical trials compared warfarin with no medication for the prevention of strokes in atrial fibrillation patients in general. | | | This being said, cardiac surgery in general and surgery which involves the atrial septum (including operations the repair holes in the septum) are associated with atrial fibrillation (see a |
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http://sprojects.mmi.mcgill.ca/heart/wel980808R1.html
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| | Elimination of the Left Atrial Appendage To Prevent Stroke or Embolism?: Anatomic, Physiologic, and Pathophysiologic ... |
| | Atrial Fibrillation, Aspirin, Anticoagulant Study Investigators and Boston Area Anticoagulation Trial for Atrial Fibrillation Study Investigators (1994) Risk factors for stroke and efficacy of antithrombotic therapy in atrial fibrillation. | | | Blackshear, JL, Odell, JA Appendage obliteration to reduce stroke in cardiac surgical patients with atrial fibrillation. | | | Sievert, H, Lesh, MD, Trepels, T, et al Percutaneous left atrial appendage transcatheter occlusion to prevent stroke in high-risk patients with atrial fibrillation: early clinical experience. |
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| | Atrial Fibrillation and Stroke |
| | Loftus was a principal investigator for a study comparing warfarin to Exanta ® (Ximelagatran) for the prevention of stroke in chronic atrial fibrillation. | | | The association of stroke with atrial fibrillation has been known since 1658. | | | Currently, strokes are best prevented by the careful use of Coumadin® or warfarin. |
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http://www.loftusmd.com/Articles/stroke/atrialfibrillation.html
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| | MedlinePlus Medical Encyclopedia: Atrial fibrillation/flutter |
| | The natural tendency of atrial fibrillation, however, is to become a chronic condition. | | | Continuous ambulatory cardiac monitoring -- Holter monitor (24 hour test) -- may be necessary because the condition is often sporadic (occurring at some times but not others). | | | Calling your health care provider Return to top |
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http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/000184.htm
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| | eMedicine - Atrial Flutter : Article by Alan D Clark, MD |
| | The flutter waves for typical (type I) atrial flutter are inverted (negative) in these leads because of a counterclockwise re-entrant pathway. | | | These drugs generally do not convert atrial flutter to NSR. | | | The lack of iodination may offer a better side-effect profile. |
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http://www.emedicine.com/emerg/topic47.htm
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| | Atrial Fibrillation - Page 1 - HeartCenterOnline: |
| | Atrial fibrillation causes approximately 15 percent of all strokes. | | | Many patients also experience atrial fibrillation in the absence of structural heart disease ( lone atrial fibrillation). | | | There are many conditions that may cause atrial fibrillation, including |
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http://heart.healthcentersonline.com/arrhythmia/atrialfibrillation.cfm
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| | Paroxysmal (Lone) Atrial Fibrillation - FAQs |
| | This means that LAF is not life-threatening and is less likely to precipitate a stroke than is atrial fibrillation involving heart problems. | | | Diltiazem in particular would seem to be the drug of choice for permanent afibbers. | | | Atrial fibrillation in itself is not a disease, but rather a symptom of some other disorder of the body. |
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| | Atrial Fibrillation |
| | Treating atrial fibrillation is an important way to help prevent stroke. | | | Knock Out America's Hidden Health Threat consumer brochure and physician's tool kit (medicine compliance) | | | About 15 percent of strokes occur in people with atrial fibrillation. |
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| | Atrial Fibrillation - Resources for Patients |
| | However, medical journals are cited so that you can read a particular article yourself. | | | (The author welcomes you to share your own experiences with Atrial Fibrillation - Feedback.) | | | If you would like to read personal histories of individuals who have had Atrial Fibrillation and been cured, go to Personal Experiences. |
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| | HeartPoint: Atrial Fibrillation |
| | There is no effective contraction of the atrial muscle in this situation. | | | This is due to the fact that many of the waves of fibrillation from the atrium reach the AV node, and they do so in an irregular pattern. | | | Wavefronts of activity (illustrated by the wavy arrows) spread throughout the atrium in a random pattern, simply finding another small island of tissue to depolarize. |
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| | Atrial Fibrillation - Overview |
| | If you could look inside your chest, the top part of your heart would | | | However, only a small number of these atrial beats make it through the AV Node which acts like a gate to the ventricles. | | | In A-Fib, electrical signals from other parts of the heart disrupt your heart's normal rhythm and cause the atria to beat or quiver on their own sometimes as rapidly as 600 times a minute. |
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| | Atrial fibrillation - MayoClinic.com |
| | Atrial fibrillation may be a sporadic condition, or it may be chronic. | | | Treatments for atrial fibrillation vary from person to person. | | | Atrial fibrillation is often caused by changes in your heart that occur with age or as a result of heart disease or high blood pressure. |
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| | Atrial Fibrillation Foundation |
| | To learn more about the role of clinical trials in the treatment of atrial fibrillation. | | | To learn more about the use of pulmonary vein ablation in the treatment of atrial fibrillation. | | | To learn more about the diagnosis, evaluation and treatment of atrial fibrillation refer to our commonly asked questions and answers. |
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| | Atrial Systole |
| | Prior to atrial systole, blood has been flowing passively from the atrium into the ventricle through the open AV valve. | | | Atrial pressure drops when the atria stop contracting. | | | The "a" wave occurs when the atrium contracts, increasing atrial pressure (yellow). |
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http://www-medlib.med.utah.edu/kw/pharm/1Atrial_Systole.html
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| | ATRIAL FLUTTER |
| | This site has been built on technology developed while creating a Memletics portal site. | | | For more research articles and broader searching, click articles and information on ATRIAL FLUTTER. | | | Atrial Flutter ; Atrial Flutters ; Flutter, Atrial ; Flutters, Atrial ; Auricular Flutter ; Auricular Flutters ; Flutter, Auricular ; Flutters, Auricular ; |
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| | Cardiology |
| | The information is not intended to replace medical advice offered by physicians and should not be construed as rendering medical advise. | | | Torsades de Pointes VT Atrial Fibrillation, Aberant Conduction | | | Consult this site on the regular basis, as it will be progresively updated with information of interest to you. |
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| | Electrocardiogram (ECG, EKG) library |
| | Left ventricular and left atrial hypertrophy - aortic stenosis | | | Left ventricular hypertrophy in the presence of left anterior hemiblock |
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