Atrial Flutter

Ken said:

I am 34 years old, in good health and have been diagnosed with Proxyismal (sp?) Atrial Flutter. I
get the palpitations every morning from 6 am until about 8:30am for 10 to 20 seconds apiece and
total time I have them is usually no more than 2 minutes. I've been getting them on and off for a
number of months and think this has been happening for a few years. My blood pressure is fine, the
echo cariogram and stress echo I had both show that structurally the heart is fine. I work out 3
or 4 times a week, weight is OK. Cholesterol is a little elevated. The cariologist has me on
Coumadin and Toprol
XL. He has not put any restrictions on what I do. I am scheduled to see an EP in a couple weeks.
Any idea what he'll suggest for treatment of this?

He might suggest ablation.

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Will he try to treat it with medication or do an ablation?

That would depend on him.

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I have no idea what the triggers are but it is usually every morning between 6 and 8:30 or so then
nothing the rest of the day/night.

Ok.

Humbly,

Andrew

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Dr. Andrew B. Chung, MD/PhD
Board-Certified Cardiologist
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