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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]
Overview
Atrial fibrillation must be distinguished from other common atrial arrhythmias, which include atrial flutter, atrial tachycardia, paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia, Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome, and atrioventricular nodal reentry tachycardia.
Differentiating Atrial Fibrillation from other Diseases
Atrial fibrillation has to be differnetiated from other diseases like:
- Atrial flutter
- Atrial tachycardia
- Atrioventricular nodal reentry tachycardia (AVNRT)
- Multifocal atrial tachycardia
- Paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia
- Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome
Differentiating features include:
- Atrial fibrillation is irregularly irregular, while the other rhythms such as atrial flutter, sinus tachycardia, AV nodal reentry tachycardia in paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia are all much more regular.
- An atrioventricular nodal reentry tachycardia will often break with either carotid sinus massage or AV nodal blocking agents.
- If the patient has Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome there may be much more rapid conduction.