Cliniquiz

Cliniquiz

A 55 year-old hypertensive man requested a
consultation because of palpitations that he had noticed for
several weeks. They occurred mostly with exertion and
limited his activities to a substantial degree. He takes
a beta-blocker for high blood pressure.
that enables the reentry circuit to exist is believed to be
located in the inferior right atrium. Atrial flutter can be
associated with almost any form of organic heart disease,
as well as with no underlying cardiac pathology.
It may be seen in acute lung disease.

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