ECG Cases

atrial fibrillation

 

Atrial flutter + irregular ventricular response.

 

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heart block

 

Atrial flutter with block

 

in atrial flutter rythm is regular

 

no, not necessarily. actually, arrhythmia is common in atrrial flutter and it's always present in atrial fibrillation

 

atrial fibrillation with right bundle branch block

 

i thought what makes the difference between atrial flutter and atrial fibrillation is the rythm because in both pathologies "p" doesnot exist. besides, commonly the mecanism is " macro reentry" in atrial fibrillation what means regular crossing through AV node....unless this is uncommon case

 

Atrial flutter

 

You' re right, AF is usually regular since the AV node cannot conduct at the same rate as the atrial activity, and that's why the ecg usually shows a sort of a block of type 2:1, 3:1 or 4:1, but this block may also be variable and cause atrial flutter to appear as an irregular rhythm.
The difference between those two pathologies is that, in atrial flutter, you find those big F waves, alternating with a frequency of 300-350/s, while in atrial fibrillation, there are smaller f waves, alternating with a frequency of 350-600/s.

 

thanks, now i understand

 

atrial flutter

 

you're welcome

 

Atrial Flutter with variable AV block

 

atrial flutter

 

AV block

 

Atril Flutter

 

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