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Flutter

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Flutter is a rapid vibration or pulsation.

The difference between flutter and fibrillation is that flutter is well organized while fibrillation is not.</P> For example, atrial flutter consists of well-organized but over-rapid contractions of the atrium of the heart (usually at a rate of 250-350 contractions per minute).

Atrial flutter is a serious and potentially unstable cardiac rhythm.

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