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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Vendhan Ramanujam M.B.B.S [2]

Overview

Atrial flutter is caused by a re-entrant rhythm in either the right or left atrium. Causes of atrial flutter can be grouped into two categories, intrinsic diseases and abnormalities of the heart and diseases elsewhere in the body that can affect the heart. Most common causes of atrial flutter are coronary artery disease, hypertensive heart disease and valve abnormalities of the heart.

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Life Threatening Causes

Life-threatening causes include conditions which result in death or permanent disability within 24 hours if left untreated.


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Cardiovascular Aortic regurgitation, aortic stenosis, atrial myxoma, cardiomyopathy, congenital heart disease, congestive heart failure, coronary artery disease, dilated cardiomyopathy, hypertension, hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, ischemic heart disease, Lown-Ganong-Levine syndrome, mitral regurgitation, mitral valve prolapse, mitral valve stenosis, myocardial infarction, myocardial ischemia, neonatal coxsackie myocarditis, pericarditis, rheumatic fever, rheumatic heart disease, sick sinus syndrome, Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome
Chemical / poisoning Carbon monoxide poisoning
Dermatologic No underlying causes
Drug Side Effect Amphetamines, disopyramide, flecainide, lithium, orlistat, procainamide, propafenone, quinidine, type Ia antiarrhythmic agents, type Ic antiarrhythmic agents, type III antiarrhythmic agents
Ear Nose Throat No underlying causes
Endocrine Hyperthyroidism, pheochromocytoma, thyrotoxicosis
Environmental No underlying causes
Gastroenterologic Crohn's disease, ulcerative colitis
Genetic Myotonic dystrophy
Hematologic Nonimmune hydrops fetalis
Iatrogenic Cardiac surgery, cardiac transplantation, heart bypass surgery, incomplete ablation procedures, open heart surgery, temporary cardiac pacing
Infectious Disease Amoebiasis, neonatal coxsackie myocarditis, rheumatic fever
Musculoskeletal / Ortho Myotonic dystrophy
Neurologic Subarachnoid hemorrhage
Nutritional / Metabolic No underlying causes
Obstetric/Gynecologic No underlying causes
Oncologic Atrial myxoma, lung cancer
Opthalmologic No underlying causes
Overdose / Toxicity Alcohol (especially binge drinking), caffeine, cocaine, digitalis toxicity
Psychiatric Anxiety
Pulmonary Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, emphysema, hypoxia, lung cancer, obstructive sleep apnea, pneumonia, pulmonary embolism
Renal / Electrolyte Electrolyte imbalance
Rheum / Immune / Allergy Ankylosing spondylitis, juvenile idiopathic arthritis, psoriatic arthritis, reactive arthritis, spondyloarthritis
Sexual No underlying causes
Trauma No underlying causes
Urologic No underlying causes
Dental No underlying causes
Miscellaneous Sarcoidosis, stress

Causes in Alphabetical Order

References

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  4. Nevzorov, R.; Ben-Gal, T.; Strasberg, B.; Haim, M. (2012). "Atrial flutter in a post-transplant recipient". Isr Med Assoc J. 14 (7): 448–9. PMID 22953623. Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help)
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  8. Varma, N.; Helms, R.; Benson, DW.; Sanagala, T. (2011). "Congenital sick sinus syndrome with atrial inexcitability and coronary sinus flutter". Circ Arrhythm Electrophysiol. 4 (5): e52–8. doi:10.1161/CIRCEP.111.964213. PMID 22010118. Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help)
  9. Tolat, A.; Krishnan, S.; Lippman, N.; Dell'Orfano, J.; Berns, E. (2010). "Advanced heart block and atrial flutter in a patient with HLA B27 spondyloarthropathy". Europace. 12 (6): 903–4. doi:10.1093/europace/euq008. PMID 20118489. Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help)

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