Medical Definition of Atrial flutter

1. A rapid well organised contraction of the atrium at a rate of 250-350 contractions per minute. Ventricular response rates are usually some multiple of 300. ECG shows sawtooth waves. Atrial flutter is considered a serious and potentially unstable rhythm. (27 Sep 1997)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Atrial Flutter

atrial artery
atrial auricle
atrial auricula
atrial bigeminy
atrial branches
atrial capture beat
atrial chaotic tachycardia
atrial complex
atrial diastole
atrial dipeptidyl carboxyhydrolase
atrial dissociation
atrial echo
atrial extrasystole
atrial fibrillation
atrial fibrillations
atrial flutter (current term)
atrial function
atrial fusion beat
atrial gallop
atrial granule serine proteinase
atrial myxoma
atrial natriuretic factor
atrial natriuretic peptide
atrial premature complexes
atrial premature contraction
atrial septum
atrial sound
atrial synchronous pulse generator
atrial systole

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