The patient with recurrent atrioventricular nodal reentrant tachycardia or chronic atrial fibrillation or atrial flutter

Crit Care Nurs Clin North Am. 1994 Mar;6(1):41-53.

Abstract

Atrioventricular nodal reentry tachycardias, atrial fibrillation, and atrial flutter are common symptomatic arrhythmias encountered in clinical practice. The reentry mechanisms and pathophysiology of atrioventricular nodal reentrant tachycardias, atrial fibrillation, and atrial flutter are described. This article outlines the therapeutic approaches used in the acute phases of presentation. Nursing implications for patients admitted to intensive care/telemetry units are discussed.

MeSH terms

  • Atrial Fibrillation* / diagnosis
  • Atrial Fibrillation* / physiopathology
  • Atrial Fibrillation* / therapy
  • Atrial Flutter* / diagnosis
  • Atrial Flutter* / physiopathology
  • Atrial Flutter* / therapy
  • Chronic Disease
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Electrocardiography
  • Electrophysiology
  • Humans
  • Recurrence
  • Tachycardia, Atrioventricular Nodal Reentry* / diagnosis
  • Tachycardia, Atrioventricular Nodal Reentry* / physiopathology
  • Tachycardia, Atrioventricular Nodal Reentry* / therapy