Our annual supplement on local health and wellness services and issues can be found inside today’s paper. It was pretty alarming, watching the heart monitor trace a crazy series of bumps and dips ...

Q: I’m a 67-year-old man who developed typical atrial flutter two years ago, but I haven’t had any symptoms that I am aware of. I don’t have a history of heart problems. My heart rate was 117 bpm ...

Dr. Hugh Calkins answers the question: 'Atrial Fibrillation vs. Atrial Flutter?' — -- Question: My doctor told me I sometimes have atrial fibrillation and at other times have atrial flutter. What ...

Dear Dr. Roach: I’m a 67-year-old man who developed typical atrial flutter two years ago, but I haven’t had any symptoms that I am aware of. I don’t have a history of heart problems. My heart rate was ...

A 64-year-old man with a history of typical atrial flutter underwent a standard ablation procedure during atrial flutter to create bidirectional block across the cavotricuspid isthmus. When ...

The ventricular rate is regular at 60 beats per minute (bpm) with narrow QRS complexes. There are typical atrial flutter waves at slightly greater than 300 bpm producing a “sawtooth” baseline pattern ...

ATLANTA - When Michael Woodard of Atlanta retired from his career as a sociology professor, he got more serious about golf. "Since my retirement, I tell people golf is my salvation," Woodard says. The ...