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Posted by Jack Drum on September 21, 2001 at 22:25:16:

In Reply to: Atrial Tachycardia posted by Michael Wells on September 21, 2001 at 19:36:10:

Michael I don't know if this will help any or not. I don't think that the 90 to 110 BPM rates that are typical after surgery falls into any catigory except just a fast heart rate. This is what I took from the Glossary. I hope this helps some.

atrial tachycardia
A type of atrial arrhythmia that comes from one or two sites and is typically sudden in onset with a rapid rate (150-200 beats per minute)

atrial fibrillation (AF)
A complex atrial arrhythmia that has no definitive cause, characterized as a storm of electrical energy that travels in spinning "wavelets" throughout the atria, causing the upper chambers to quiver or to fibrillate

atrial flutter
Atrial flutter is a less complex dysrhythmia, characterized by one or two macroreentrant circuits spinning within the atria as well as a slower atrial and ventricular rate. This rhythm has a distinctive "sawtooth pattern" that can be readily identified on an EKG

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