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Comparison of Multifocal Atrial Tachycardia, Atrial Fibrillation and Atrial Flutter
Multifocal Atrial Tachycardia - Atrial Rate >
Flutter Multifocal ... 100 1. >3 p wave ... Flutter - Atrial ... "Saw tooth" flutter ... waves 2.
Typical (Counterclockwise) and Reverse Typical (Clockwise) Atrial Flutter on EKG
Typical (Counterclockwise) Atrial Flutter
 • Inferior leads:
Typical (Clockwise) Atrial ... Flutter on EKG ... Counterclockwise) Atrial ... Flutter • Inferior ... leads: Sawtooth waves
Counterclockwise and (Left) vs Clockwise (Right) Flutter
Typical atrial flutter is counterclockwise in direction and originates from
Typical atrial ... waves in the inferior ... waves in the inferior ... Atypical atrial ... waves.
Isthmus Independent Atrial Flutter
 • Rapid atrial activity without typical inferior sawtooth waves suggests CTI-independent flutter
Flutter • Rapid ... inferior sawtooth waves ... CTI-independent flutter ... • Negative F waves ... • Positive F waves
Tachycardia - Differential Diagnosis and Management - Narrow vs Wide, Regular vs Irregular
Narrow - Regular:
Use P
Regular: Use P waves ... • Atrial Flutter ... Irregular: Use P waves ... waves, is MAT ... #wide #narrow #algorithm
Abnormal Jugular Venous Pressure Waveforms - Differential Diagnosis
 - Absent a wave - Atrial fibrillation, sinus
- Atrial fibrillation ... tachycardia - Flutter ... waves - Atrial ... flutter - Prominent ... stenosis, right atrial
Atrial Flutter on Neck Examination

If you can dx this rhythm, you are born before 1960. 
Early
Atrial Flutter on ... revealing the flutter ... Hence 2:1 flutter ... JamesOngMD #Atrial ... #Flutter #Neck
Atrial Flutter on EKG
 • Regularly-occurring atrial activity
 • ≥ 240 atrial depolarizations (i.e. flutter waves)
Atrial Flutter on ... Regularly-occurring atrial ... depolarizations (i.e. flutter ... waves) / min ... #Flutter #aflutter
A Lewis Lead (also called the S5 lead) is a modified ECG lead used to detect
used to detect atrial ... flutter waves when ... atrial flutter ... depolarization, atrial ... flutter waves may
Canon A waves in a patient with AV dissociation

Occurs due to the simultaneous contraction of atria
Canon A waves in ... contraction of atria ... pressure → pressure wave ... exaggerated A wave ... neck #cardiology #Canon