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a. flutter (atrial flutter) versus aflutter - mtadams

Posted: Jul 30, 2010

Does anyone know if there is any difference between a. flutter (atrial flutter) and aflutter? Is a. flutter same as atrial fibrillation?

difference - deenibeeni

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You will hear "a. flutter" dictated, but this is a verbal shortcut for atrial flutter. I would spell this out.

Atrial flutter and atrial fibrillation are two very different heart rhythms.

A-flutter - LK

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A-flutter is a slang term, and I believe the preferred way to transcribe it is A-flutter (Stedman's). If your account does not want slang used, then it should be changed to atrial flutter. Aflutter is something else all together; it is an actual word that means getting excited about something, as in "her heart was all aflutter." And atrial fibrillation is a different condition than atrial flutter.

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