Ventricular flutter

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Ventricular flutter
Classification and external resources
ICD-10 I49.0
ICD-9 427.42
MeSH D054141

Ventricular flutter is an arrythmia affecting the ventricles that can occur in infancy[1], youth,[2] or as an adult.

It can be induced by programmed electrical stimulation.[3][4]

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  1. ^ Thies KC, Boos K, Müller-Deile K, Ohrdorf W, Beushausen T, Townsend P (January 2000). "Ventricular flutter in a neonate--severe electrolyte imbalance caused by urinary tract infection in the presence of urinary tract malformation". J Emerg Med 18 (1): 47–50. PMID 10645837. 
  2. ^ Hayashi M, Murata M, Satoh M, et al (July 1985). "Sudden nocturnal death in young males from ventricular flutter". Jpn Heart J 26 (4): 585–91. PMID 4057556. 
  3. ^ Gurevitz O, Viskin S, Glikson M, et al (April 2004). "Long-term prognosis of inducible ventricular flutter: not an innocent finding". Am. Heart J. 147 (4): 649–54. doi:10.1016/j.ahj.2003.11.012. PMID 15077080. 
  4. ^ Viskin S, Ish-Shalom M, Koifman E, et al (September 2003). "Ventricular flutter induced during electrophysiologic studies in patients with old myocardial infarction: clinical and electrophysiologic predictors, and prognostic significance". J. Cardiovasc. Electrophysiol. 14 (9): 913–9. PMID 12950532. 

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