Patient was educated on signs and symptoms of atrial flutter as follows: Fast heart rate In atrial flutter, the impulse for the contraction of heart is initiated from multiple sites in and around the atria. The impulses that originate in multiple sites in the atria give rise to a chaotic rhythm and the atria typically quiver than contract. This results in an irregular, abnormal, and very rapid contraction of the atria at a rate more [...]

Patient was educated on pathophysiology of atrial flutter as follows: Heart has a natural pacemaker, SA node, which initiates the impulse for a heartbeat. The impulse initiated in the SA node, with the help of other conductive tissues, spreads along the rest of heart muscle, thus helping with the programmed opening and closing of heart valves, organized contraction of individual heart chambers, and preventing any disturbance to the normal blood flow. In a healthy heart [...]