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Suggest Treatment For Heart Fluttering
I had an EKG done, and the Dr. told me to come in to the office for an evaluation. Apparently the flutters in my chest were my heart beating 80 BPM, then skyrocketing to 130 BPM the very vexy second.. I have an appointment in a couple of days, but this is very unsettling, what could be wrong?
Fri, 4 Nov 2016
there are basically two targets for a fib /fluter control
a) rate control
b) rythm control
initially amiodarone i.v 150mg is infused as a stat dose
after that 60mg/hr amiodarone is given for 8hours follwed by 30mg/hr for next 16hours after which the patient is shifted to cordrone 200mg tablet twice daily
a blood thinner should be admistered to avoid formation of thrombus
acitrome 2mg should be given under strict pt/inr monitoring this was rythm control method usually followed
for rate control diltiazem,beta blockers can be given
dc cardioversion is to be done in non responding patient only after doing a 2d echo to rule out any thrombus or clot
a) rate control
b) rythm control
initially amiodarone i.v 150mg is infused as a stat dose
after that 60mg/hr amiodarone is given for 8hours follwed by 30mg/hr for next 16hours after which the patient is shifted to cordrone 200mg tablet twice daily
a blood thinner should be admistered to avoid formation of thrombus
acitrome 2mg should be given under strict pt/inr monitoring this was rythm control method usually followed
for rate control diltiazem,beta blockers can be given
dc cardioversion is to be done in non responding patient only after doing a 2d echo to rule out any thrombus or clot
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