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Typical (Counterclockwise) and Reverse Typical (Clockwise) Atrial Flutter on EKG
Typical (Counterclockwise) Atrial Flutter
 • Inferior leads:
Flutter on EKG ... leads: Sawtooth waves ... & negative "P waves ... #ecg #ekg #electrocardiogram ... #cardiology #clinical
Isthmus Independent Atrial Flutter
 • Rapid atrial activity without typical inferior sawtooth waves suggests CTI-independent flutter
inferior sawtooth waves ... • Negative F waves ... • Positive F waves ... #ecg #ekg #electrocardiogram ... #cardiology #clinical
Canon A waves in a patient with AV dissociation

Occurs due to the simultaneous contraction of atria
Canon A waves in ... contraction of atria ... #clinical #video ... #JVP #jugular # ... neck #cardiology
Cannon A Waves of Complete Heart Block on Physical Exam
A patient presented to clinic with lightheadedness
Cannon A Waves of ... is shown on the neck ... The a wave is the ... UCSFIMChiefs #CannonA #AWaves ... #Video #JVP
Atrial Flutter on EKG
 • Regularly-occurring atrial activity
 • ≥ 240 atrial depolarizations (i.e. flutter waves)
Atrial Flutter on ... waves) / min ... #Flutter #aflutter ... #ecg #ekg #electrocardiogram ... #cardiology #clinical
1. "Sinus Tach" at ~150 bpm is your cue to look for flutter waves
2. Don't trust
cue to look for flutter ... waves 2. ... #Clinical #EM #Cardiology ... #ECG #Atrial #Flutter
Atrial Flutter on Neck Examination

If you can dx this rhythm, you are born before 1960. 
Early
Atrial Flutter on ... #Flutter #Neck ... #PhysicalExam #JVP ... #Clinical #Video ... #Cardiology
A Lewis Lead (also called the S5 lead) is a modified ECG lead used to detect
flutter waves when ... atrial flutter ... perpendicular to the wave ... flutter waves may ... #Cardiology #EKG
Typical (Counterclockwise) Atrial Flutter on EKG
 • Inferior leads: Sawtooth waves (fast up, slow down; "negative")
Flutter on EKG ... leads: Sawtooth waves ... with positive "p waves ... #Flutter #aflutter ... #cardiology #clinical
Cannon A Waves
 • Caused by atrial contracting against a closed tricuspid valve
 • Atrioventricular dissociation
Cannon A Waves ... • The cannon a wave ... activation from SVT (e.g ... 2LmUODZ #Cannon #AWaves ... #CVP