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What's the difference between treatment of afb and a flutter?

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Dr. Larry Maturani answered

Specializes in Internal Medicine

Regular vs Irregular: A-fib is very irregular conduction to the ventricles whereas a-flutter is more regular conduction. The p-waves on ekg during flutter are characteristric in appearance looking sawtooth whereas in a-fib, they are sometimes very hard to find. The right atrium is where the sa node generates the impulse for conduction. In the case of a-fib/flutter, other heart tissue is also conducting very fast.

Answered 6/11/2015

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