Disease or Syndrome
ventricular flutter
[ ven-trik-yuh-ler fluht-er ]
Subclass of:
Cardiac Arrhythmia
Definitions related to ventricular flutter:
  • A disorder characterized by an electrocardiographic finding of a high ventricular rate (180 to 250 beats per minute) with a regular rhythm and large oscillating sine wave-like complexes occurring as a result of QRS complexes and T waves being merged. The P wave is not visible.
    NCI Thesaurus
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
  • A potentially lethal cardiac arrhythmia characterized by an extremely rapid, hemodynamically unstable ventricular tachycardia (150-300 beats/min) with a large oscillating sine-wave appearance. If untreated, ventricular flutter typically progresses to VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
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