Typical atrial flutter but not fibrillation predicts coronary artery disease in formerly healthy patients

ConclusionThese data suggest that typical atrial flutter constitutes a manifestation of previously asymptomatic CAD. Due to the inclusion criteria, CAD has to be considered silent and chronic in most of the patients. Therefore, the presence of typical atrial flutter in formerly healthy patients should raise suspicion of otherwise silent CAD and initiate further investigations and risk stratification with particular emphasis on the individual CHA2DS2-VASc-Scores.
Source: Europace - Category: Cardiology Source Type: research