Atrial Premature Complexes : Complications
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Occasional AEB usually have no significance. If they increase in frequency, they can lead to atrial tachycardia or fibrillation and to a decrease in cardiac output.
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Atrial fibrillation/flutter is a heart rhythm disorder (arrhythmia). It usually involves a rapid heart rate , in which the upper heart chambers (atria) are stimulated to contract in a very disorganized and abnormal manner.
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Atrial fibrillation and flutter are abnormal heart rhythms in which the atria, or upper chambers of the heart, are out of sync with the ventricles, or lower chambers of the heart. In atrial fibrillation, the atria " quiver " chaotically and the ventricles beat irregularly.
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