What is atrial flutter?

Atrial flutter is an abnormal heart rhythm where the upper heart chambers beat at a faster rate. Atrial flutter may lead to further complications such as a heart attack or high blood pressure.

How do members experience atrial flutter?

Top 5 symptoms reported by people with atrial flutter*

*Reports may be affected by other conditions and/or medication side effects. We ask about general symptoms (anxious mood, depressed mood, fatigue, pain, and stress) regardless of condition.

Top treatments taken by people for atrial flutter*

*Data from patients with atrial flutter, who have ever reported treatments, ordered by their reporting frequency during the last 5 years.

Compare treatments taken by people with atrial flutter*

Treatment
Perceived effectiveness
Side effects
Total evaluations
Tried for
Treatment

(Arycor)
Perceived effectiveness
No evaluations
Side effects
No evaluations
Total evaluations
0
Tried for
atrial flutter (1)

*Data from patients with atrial flutter, who have ever reported treatments, ordered by their reporting frequency during the last 5 years.

Who has atrial flutter on PatientsLikeMe?

Age

Age Proportion # of patients
<20 0
20s 2
30s 7
40s 18
50s 16
60s 41
70+ 36

Distribution of sex

Sex

Sex Proportion # of patients
Male 47
Female 73