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Right Heart and Wrong Rhythm: Atrial Flutter in Dextrocardia
Atrial flutter is characterized by rapid atrial activity, causing an abnormal heart rhythm. Recognition and prompt management are of utmost importance since this cardiac arrhythmia could increase the risk of thromboembolic stroke and atrial fibrillation, which may lead to disability and death. Risk...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10439519/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37602138 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.42177 |
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author | Lim, Roy Bais, Navdeep Ali, Furkhan Monsalve, Reejeen Denney, Brian |
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description | Atrial flutter is characterized by rapid atrial activity, causing an abnormal heart rhythm. Recognition and prompt management are of utmost importance since this cardiac arrhythmia could increase the risk of thromboembolic stroke and atrial fibrillation, which may lead to disability and death. Risk factors include myocardial infarction, surgery, medication, and structural heart abnormalities. One distinctive structural abnormality is dextrocardia. Herein, we present a case of a 47-year-old male who initially complains of difficulty in ambulation. Further workup showed atrial flutter with rapid ventricular response on electrocardiogram (ECG) and dextrocardia on imaging. This case tackles the possible association between dextrocardia and arrhythmias, which was an atrial flutter, its management, and treatment outcomes. |
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spelling | pubmed-104395192023-08-20 Right Heart and Wrong Rhythm: Atrial Flutter in Dextrocardia Lim, Roy Bais, Navdeep Ali, Furkhan Monsalve, Reejeen Denney, Brian Cureus Cardiology Atrial flutter is characterized by rapid atrial activity, causing an abnormal heart rhythm. Recognition and prompt management are of utmost importance since this cardiac arrhythmia could increase the risk of thromboembolic stroke and atrial fibrillation, which may lead to disability and death. Risk factors include myocardial infarction, surgery, medication, and structural heart abnormalities. One distinctive structural abnormality is dextrocardia. Herein, we present a case of a 47-year-old male who initially complains of difficulty in ambulation. Further workup showed atrial flutter with rapid ventricular response on electrocardiogram (ECG) and dextrocardia on imaging. This case tackles the possible association between dextrocardia and arrhythmias, which was an atrial flutter, its management, and treatment outcomes. Cureus 2023-07-20 /pmc/articles/PMC10439519/ /pubmed/37602138 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.42177 Text en Copyright © 2023, Lim et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. |
spellingShingle | Cardiology Lim, Roy Bais, Navdeep Ali, Furkhan Monsalve, Reejeen Denney, Brian Right Heart and Wrong Rhythm: Atrial Flutter in Dextrocardia |
title | Right Heart and Wrong Rhythm: Atrial Flutter in Dextrocardia |
title_full | Right Heart and Wrong Rhythm: Atrial Flutter in Dextrocardia |
title_fullStr | Right Heart and Wrong Rhythm: Atrial Flutter in Dextrocardia |
title_full_unstemmed | Right Heart and Wrong Rhythm: Atrial Flutter in Dextrocardia |
title_short | Right Heart and Wrong Rhythm: Atrial Flutter in Dextrocardia |
title_sort | right heart and wrong rhythm: atrial flutter in dextrocardia |
topic | Cardiology |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10439519/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37602138 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.42177 |
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