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How could heart flutter be treated without surgery?
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Medicines: With medicines to control the heart rate, to prevent clots in the heart, and to convert the flutter back to a regular rhythm and keep it there. Also at times the heart is given a shock to convert the rhythm back to normal.
Answered 2/15/2013
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Medicine: There are many medications now that treat irregular or fast heart beats. The heart rhythm can also be treated sometimes with a brief electrical shock called cardioversion to re-establish normal rhythm. Talk to your primary doctor or a cardiologist. As far as surgery, there are specialists within cardiology called electrophyiologists that can burn areas inside the heart to treat heart disturbances.
Answered 2/3/2016
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