Ablation of typical atrial flutter as therapeutic component in carcinoid heart disease: a case report.

Background: Carcinoid heart disease is the cardiac manifestation of carcinoid syndrome. There is limited research on rhythm management in patients with carcinoid heart disease. The association of typical atrial flutter and carcinoid heart disease in particular is poorly described.

Ablation Therapy as Management of Typical Atrial Flutter in the Early Period After Cardiac Surgery.

Introduction: Available data on management of atrial flutter in the early postoperative setting after cardiac surgery are scarce. We aimed to investigate the safety and efficacy (profile) of flutter ablation in the early postoperative phase (30 days after cardiac surgery) in a cohort of 47 consecutive patients.

Methods: Between 2007 and 2016, 47 patients who underwent ablation for postoperative typical atrial flutter were retrospectively identified and analyzed.

Typical atrial flutter but not fibrillation predicts coronary artery disease in formerly healthy patients.

Aims: Long-term mortality after ablation of typical atrial flutter has been found to be increased two-fold in comparison to atrial fibrillation ablations through a period of 5 years with unclear mechanism.

Methods And Results: We analysed 189 consecutive patients who underwent ablation for typical atrial flutter (AFL), in which the incidence of AF was the first manifestation of cardiac disease. According to the clinical standards of our centre, the routine recommendation was to evaluate for coronary artery disease (CAD) by invasive angiogram or computed tomography scan.