flutter

Examples

• All

• And in pediatric EP, you get the most imaginative descriptions of people who are having heart flutters or palpitations.

• For example, an individual may feel faint upon getting up quickly from a chair, or may feel cardiac flutter from running up a flight of stairs.

  Academic text (1991)

• We have an atrial flutter.

  I, Frankenstein (2014)

• Chest pain, shortness of breath, feelings of having a fast beating, fluttering or pounding heart.

• However, in patients who may have preexisting cardiac disease or pulmonary disease, some drugs are thought to induce AF (atrial flutter).

  Academic text (2016)

• Patients with atrial flutter may require medication to regulate their heart rhythm.

• Monitoring of atrial flutter is important because it can increase the risk of stroke.

Synonyms

A

arrhythmia

vsflutter

• Specialized

28 7.4

An uneven heartbeat that is faster, slower, or not regular

is a rapid usually regular atrial rhythm that can cause heart block

C

cardiac arrhythmia

vsflutter

• Specialized

5 5.1

An irregular heartbeat that is too fast or too slow

is a rapid usually regular atrial rhythm that can cause heart block

Antonyms

S

stability

363 3.1

Being steady and not likely to change

Idioms

F

to flutter the dovecote

• Archaic

9.9

To cause sudden excitement or trouble in a calm group

Compounds

H

heart flutter

1 4.1

A quick nervous feeling in your chest when you are excited

F

flutter kick

• Specialized

3.4

A fast up-and-down kick with straight legs used in freestyle and backstroke

How Severe

heart block

• Specialized

2 5.3

fibrillation

• Specialized

9 7.9

flutter

• Specialized

4 7.5

palpitation

17 7.5

Surface Forms

Etymology