OBJECTIVE To investigate the electrophysiological determinant underlying the electrical induction of counterclockwise and clockwise isthmus dependent atrial flutter. PATIENTS AND METHODS The isthmus bordered by the inferior vena caval orifice-tricuspid annulus-coronary sinus ostium (IVCO-TA-CSO) has been assumed to be the site of both slow conduction and unidirectional block critical to the i...

A 58-year-old man with hypertensive cardiovascular disease and atrial flutter underwent electrophysiologic studies, including multiple intra-atrial recordings and atrial stimulation. Although the surface ECG suggested the presence of atrial flutter, intra-atrial recordings demonstrated the presence of (1) sinus-like rhythm localized to an area of approximately 5 mm in and around the region of t...

An interactive computer program was developed for wing flutter analysis in the conceptual design stage. The objective was to estimate flutter instability boundaries of a typical wing, when detailed structural and aerodynamic data are not available. Effects of change in key flutter parameters can also be estimated in order to guide the conceptual design. This userfriendly software was developed ...

OBJECTIVE To review the diagnosis, treatment, and outcome of fetal atrial flutter compared with supraventricular tachycardia. DESIGN Retrospective review of published reports: 11 papers about fetal tachyarrhythmia published between 1991 and 2002 were selected for review. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES All selected studies were analysed for the type of arrhythmia, degree of atrioventricular block in ...

BACKGROUND We report that rapid atrial pacing interrupts atrial flutter when the orthodromic wave front from the pacing impulse is blocked in an area of slow conduction in the reentry circuit. To characterize the area of slow conduction during atrial flutter and rapid pacing, we studied 11 episodes of induced atrial flutter, mean cycle length 157 +/- 20 msec, in eight dogs with sterile pericard...

Bridges are an important component of transportation. Flutter is a self-excited, large amplitude vibration, which may lead to collapse of bridges. It must be understood and avoided. This paper takes the Jianghai Channel Bridge, which is a significant part of the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge, as an example to investigate the flutter of the bridge deck. Firstly, aerodynamic force models for flut...

It is not generally believed that there is a relation between atrial flutter, thought to be due to a single reentrant circuit, and atrial fibrillation, thought to be due to simultaneously circulating multiple-reentrant wave fronts. However, there are many reasons to suggest that these rhythms are more closely related than previously thought. To test the hypothesis that the length of an area of ...

trial fibrillation (AF) and atrial flutter can coexist. Their ssociation is of particular concern when considering curaive ablation. Symptoms, similar for both, are disconcerting hould either one occur after ablation. Complete cure is the oal. Right atrial (cavo-tricuspid isthmus) ablation can cure 90% of typical forms of flutter. Unfortunately, AF can ccur after flutter ablation. In contrast, ...

it has been well - established that common atrial flutter is due to intraatrial macroreentry and its reentry circuit locates in the right atrium. this reentry circuit has been characterized to involve an area of slow conduction identifiable electrophysiologically at the low posteroseptal right atrium and anatomical narrow isthmus snrrounded by the inferior vena capa, coronary sinus astium and t...

this paper is devoted to study of a partial differential equation governing panel motion in supersonic flow. this pde can be transformed to an ode by means of a galerkin method. here by using a criterion which is closely related to the routh-hurwitz criterion, we investigate the mentioned transformed ode from hopf bifurcation point of view. in fact we obtain a region for existence of simple hop...