Ventricular Flutter

A potentially lethal cardiac arrhythmia characterized by an extremely rapid, hemodynamically unstable ventricular tachycardia (150-300 beats/min) with a large oscillating sine-wave appearance. If untreated, ventricular flutter typically progresses to VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION.

Year introduced: 2008

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Tree Number(s): C14.280.067.961, C23.550.073.961

MeSH Unique ID: D054141

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• Ventricular Flutters

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Cardiovascular Diseases
Heart Diseases
Arrhythmias, Cardiac
Ventricular Flutter

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Arrhythmias, Cardiac
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