Atrial flutter causes
Atrial flutter Microchapters |
Diagnosis |
---|
Treatment |
Case Studies |
Atrial flutter causes On the Web |
American Roentgen Ray Society Images of Atrial flutter causes |
Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Raviteja Guddeti, 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.
Causes
Common Causes
Common causes of atrial flutter include:
- Myocardial ischemia
- Acute coronary syndromes
- Hypertension
- Mitral valve abnormalities
- Congenital heart disease
- Hyperthyroidism
- COPD
Causes By Organ System
Cardiovascular | Atherosclerosis, Cardiomyopathy, Congenital heart disease, Congestive heart failure, Heart attack, Hypertension, LV hypertrophy, Mitral valve prolapse, Mitral valve stenosis, Myocardial ischemia, Rheumatic hear valve, Cardiac surgery (scarring) |
Chemical / poisoning | No underlying causes |
Dermatologic | No underlying causes |
Drug Side Effect | Amphetamines, Diet pills |
Ear Nose Throat | No underlying causes |
Endocrine | Diabetes, Hyperthyroidism, Obesity, Pheochromocytoma |
Environmental | No underlying causes |
Gastroenterologic | No underlying causes |
Genetic | No underlying causes |
Hematologic | No underlying causes |
Iatrogenic | No underlying causes |
Infectious Disease | No underlying causes |
Musculoskeletal / Ortho | Myotonic dystrophy (rare) |
Neurologic | No underlying causes |
Nutritional / Metabolic | No underlying causes |
Obstetric/Gynecologic | No underlying causes |
Oncologic | No underlying causes |
Opthalmologic | No underlying causes |
Overdose / Toxicity | Digitalis toxicity |
Psychiatric | No underlying causes |
Pulmonary | Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), Hypoxia, Pulmonary embolism |
Renal / Electrolyte | Electrolyte imbalance |
Rheum / Immune / Allergy | No underlying causes |
Sexual | No underlying causes |
Trauma | No underlying causes |
Urologic | No underlying causes |
Dental | No underlying causes |
Miscellaneous | Alcohol consumption, Caffeine, Cocaine |
Causes In Alphabetical Order
- Alcohol consumption
- Amphetamines
- Atherosclerosis
- Caffeine
- Cardiomyopathy
- Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
- Cocaine
- Congenital heart disease
- Congestive heart failure
- Diabetes
- Diet pills
- Digitalis toxicity
- Electrolyte imbalance
- Heart attack
- Hypertension
- Hyperthyroidism
- Hypoxia
- LV hypertrophy
- Mitral valve prolapse
- Mitral valve stenosis
- Myocardial ischemia
- Myotonic dystrophy in childhood
- Obesity
- Pheochromocytoma
- Pulmonary embolism
- Rheumatic hear valve