Whats the treatment for atrial flutter?
For both atrial flutter and atrial fibrillation, the various treatment modalities can be put into two groups: rate control and rhythm control. While it was previously believed that it is “better” to have people in normal sinus rhythm (the normal rhythm of the heart) rather than in atrial fibrillation or flutter, the AFFIRM trial recently showed that there is no survival benefit of maintaining someone in normal sinus rhythm compared to atrial fibrillation or flutter.
