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Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms > Pathologic Processes > Arrhythmias, Cardiac > Ventricular Flutter
Cardiovascular Diseases > Heart Diseases > Arrhythmias, Cardiac > Ventricular Flutter

Preferred term

Ventricular Flutter  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

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Note

  • do not confuse with VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION

Scope note

  • 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.

History note

  • 2008

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D054141

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