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Atrial arrhythmia

Last edited: 4/23/2026

Overview

Atrial arrhythmias encompass a range of abnormal heart rhythms originating in the atria, including atrial fibrillation and atrial flutter, leading to potential hemodynamic instability and increased thromboembolic risk. 12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334353637383940414243444546474849505152535455565758596061626364656667686970

Diagnosis

  • Electrocardiogram (ECG): Essential for identifying atrial arrhythmias, distinguishing between atrial fibrillation and flutter. 74
  • Holter Monitoring: Useful for intermittent arrhythmias not captured by routine ECG. 67
  • Echocardiography: Evaluates structural heart disease that may predispose to arrhythmias. 55
  • Blood Markers: GDF15 levels before ablation predict early recurrence of arrhythmias. 2
  • Advanced Imaging: ECGI and 3D echocardiography aid in detailed atrial mapping and volume assessment. 1555
  • Wearable Devices: Smartwatches can detect atrial flutter and fibrillation, though validation is limited. 4
  • Management

  • Catheter Ablation: First-line treatment for symptomatic refractory arrhythmias, including pulsed-field ablation and radiofrequency ablation. 1510142224283336384368
  • Antiarrhythmic Drugs: Sotalol for maintenance of sinus rhythm; azimilide for various atrial arrhythmias. 1459
  • Antithrombotic Therapy: Essential in preventing thromboembolic events, especially post-ablation and in high-risk patients. 6
  • Cardioversion: Biphasic waveform for effective and safe conversion to sinus rhythm. 4056
  • His-Bundle Pacing: Considered in patients undergoing AV node ablation to minimize right ventricular pacing. 1113
  • Special Populations

  • Pediatrics: High-density mapping catheters effective in transcatheter ablation for pediatric patients. 10
  • Elderly: Increased risk of complications; careful consideration of antithrombotic therapy and procedural risks. 623
  • Comorbidities: Inflammatory markers may influence outcomes post-ablation; manage comorbidities to reduce arrhythmia recurrence. 60
  • Key Recommendations

  • Use GDF15 levels pre-ablation to predict recurrence of atrial arrhythmias. (Evidence: Moderate) 2
  • Employ catheter ablation as first-line therapy for symptomatic refractory atrial arrhythmias. (Evidence: Strong) 1510142224283336384368
  • Implement biphasic waveform for cardioversion to enhance safety and efficacy. (Evidence: Moderate) 4056
  • Consider His-bundle pacing in patients undergoing atrioventricular node ablation to reduce pacing-related complications. (Evidence: Moderate) 1113
  • Monitor and manage inflammation markers post-ablation to potentially reduce arrhythmia recurrence. (Evidence: Weak) 60
  • References

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    1 Garrott K, Bifulco S, Ramirez D, Koop B. Lesion Formation in Cardiac Pulsed-Field Ablation: Acute to Chronic Cellular Level Changes. Pacing and clinical electrophysiology : PACE 2026. link 2 Tennigkeit J, Wiegelmann M, Massa C, Lübcke J, Dammermann W, Börner K et al.. Plasma GDF15 concentration predicts early recurrence after atrial arrhythmia ablation. JCI insight 2026. link 3 Barrios-Álvarez de Arcaya J, Termenón-Rivas M, Romitti GS, Liberos A, Rodrigo M. Influence of Anatomical Definition and Substrate Condition on Simulations of Atrial Arrhythmias. Annals of biomedical engineering 2026. link 4 Ratti C, Malaguti M, De Mitri G, D'Aniello E. Smartwatch detection of atrial flutter and atrial fibrillation: when the apple falls far from the tree - case report. Future cardiology 2026. link 5 Keelani A, Alothman O, Borisov G, Frommhold M, Bartoli L, Abdelwahab H et al.. Feasibility and Clinical Efficacy of Focal Pulsed Field Ablation in Patients With Non-Pulmonary Vein Triggered Atrial Arrhythmia From the Superior Caval Vein. Journal of cardiovascular electrophysiology 2025. link 6 De Sio V, Gragnano F, Capolongo A, Terracciano F, Maddaluna P, Guarnaccia N et al.. Antithrombotic therapy in patients with atrial high-rate episodes (AHREs): Current evidence and open questions. International journal of cardiology 2025. link 7 Cheng TY, Lee TW, Li SJ, Lee TI, Chen YC, Kao YH et al.. Short-chain fatty acid butyrate against TMAO activating endoplasmic-reticulum stress and PERK/IRE1-axis with reducing atrial arrhythmia. Journal of advanced research 2025. link 8 Lin C, Nguyen A, Ling I, Partow-Navid R, Leung S, Zadeh A et al.. SuperMap algorithm: an efficient, safe and accurate modality for mapping and eliminating challenging cardiac arrhythmias. Future cardiology 2024. link 9 Zou F, Krumerman A. Atrial Tachycardia Masquerading as Atrial Fibrillation Following Bi-Atrial MAZE Procedure. Cardiac electrophysiology clinics 2024. link 10 Balli Ş, Kanlioğlu P, Altin HF. Use of the advisor™ HD Grid mapping catheter in transcatheter ablation of atrial arrhythmias in palliated CHD and children without CHD. Cardiology in the young 2024. link 11 Chaumont C, Azincot M, Savouré A, Auquier N, Hamoud RA, Popescu E et al.. His bundle pacing versus left bundle branch area pacing in patients undergoing atrioventricular node ablation: A prospective and comparative study. Archives of cardiovascular diseases 2024. link 12 Berruezo A, Penela D, Jáuregui B, de Asmundis C, Peretto G, Marrouche N et al.. Twenty-five years of research in cardiac imaging in electrophysiology procedures for atrial and ventricular arrhythmias. Europace : European pacing, arrhythmias, and cardiac electrophysiology : journal of the working groups on cardiac pacing, arrhythmias, and cardiac cellular electrophysiology of the European Society of Cardiology 2023. link 13 Chaumont C, Auquier N, Milhem A, Mirolo A, Arnaout AA, Popescu E et al.. His-bundle pacing and atrioventricular nodal ablation for noncontrolled atrial arrhythmia: A technical challenge with major clinical benefits. Heart rhythm 2023. link 14 Feuerborn ML, Dechand J, Vadlamudi RS, Torre M, Freedman RA, Groh C et al.. Protocol Development and Initial Experience With Intravenous Sotalol Loading for Atrial Arrhythmias. Critical pathways in cardiology 2023. link 15 Hernández-Romero I, Molero R, Fambuena-Santos C, Herrero-Martín C, Climent AM, Guillem MS. Electrocardiographic imaging in the atria. Medical & biological engineering & computing 2023. link 16 Santurri M, Bonga J, Schmid M, Cauti FM, Solimene F, Polselli M et al.. Automated conduction velocity estimation based on isochronal activation of heart chambers. Journal of interventional cardiac electrophysiology : an international journal of arrhythmias and pacing 2023. link 17 Gagyi RB, Noten AME, Lesina K, Mahmoodi BK, Yap SC, Hoogendijk MG et al.. Single-beat global atrial mapping facilitates the treatment of short-lived atrial tachycardias and infrequent premature atrial contractions. Journal of interventional cardiac electrophysiology : an international journal of arrhythmias and pacing 2023. link 18 Sebastian J, Thomas T, Wu F, Tang SY, Joshi B, van Pelt N et al.. Cardiac Computed Tomography to exclude left atrial appendage thrombus in atrial arrhythmias prior to electrical cardioversion during the COVID-19 pandemic. The New Zealand medical journal 2022. link 19 Greene D, Kaboudian A, Wasserstrom JA, Fenton FH, Shiferaw Y. Voltage-mediated mechanism for calcium wave synchronization and arrhythmogenesis in atrial tissue. Biophysical journal 2022. link 20 Kwok M, de Klerk PS, Vogt B, Wu M. A young man with irregularly irregular narrow complex tachycardia. Journal of electrocardiology 2021. link 21 Obergassel J, O'Reilly M, Sommerfeld LC, Kabir SN, O'Shea C, Syeda F et al.. Effects of genetic background, sex, and age on murine atrial electrophysiology. Europace : European pacing, arrhythmias, and cardiac electrophysiology : journal of the working groups on cardiac pacing, arrhythmias, and cardiac cellular electrophysiology of the European Society of Cardiology 2021. link 22 Tsujioka S, Nozoe M, Kawano Y, Suematsu N, Kubota T. Successful Catheter Ablation for Multiple Atrial Arrhythmias in a Patient with Situs Inversus Totalis. Internal medicine (Tokyo, Japan) 2021. link 23 Willy K, Reinke F, Ellermann C, Leitz P, Wasmer K, Köbe J et al.. Long-term experience of atrioventricular node ablation in patients with refractory atrial arrhythmias. Heart and vessels 2020. link 24 Cen Z, Yang W, Xie Z, Li J, Cui K. Multi-electrode mapping of complex macroreentry atrial tachycardia. Journal of electrocardiology 2020. link 25 Eerikainen LM, Bonomi AG, Schipper F, Dekker LRC, de Morree HM, Vullings R et al.. Detecting Atrial Fibrillation and Atrial Flutter in Daily Life Using Photoplethysmography Data. IEEE journal of biomedical and health informatics 2020. link 26 Biswas M, Levy A, Weber R, Tarakji K, Chung M, Noseworthy PA et al.. Multicenter Analysis of Dosing Protocols for Sotalol Initiation. Journal of cardiovascular pharmacology and therapeutics 2020. link 27 Babakr AA, Fomison-Nurse IC, van Hout I, Aitken-Buck HM, Sugunesegran R, Davis PJ et al.. Acute interaction between human epicardial adipose tissue and human atrial myocardium induces arrhythmic susceptibility. American journal of physiology. Endocrinology and metabolism 2020. link 28 Biffi M, Iori M, De Maria E, Bolognesi MG, Placci A, Calvi V et al.. The role of atrial sensing for new-onset atrial arrhythmias diagnosis and management in single-chamber implantable cardioverter-defibrillator recipients: Results from the THINGS registry. Journal of cardiovascular electrophysiology 2020. link 29 Logantha SJRJ, Kharche SR, Zhang Y, Atkinson AJ, Hao G, Boyett MR et al.. Sinus node-like pacemaker mechanisms regulate ectopic pacemaker activity in the adult rat atrioventricular ring. Scientific reports 2019. link 30 Boyle PM, Murphy MJ, Karathanos TV, Zahid S, Blake RC, Trayanova NA. Termination of re-entrant atrial tachycardia via optogenetic stimulation with optimized spatial targeting: insights from computational models. The Journal of physiology 2018. link 31 O'Neal WT, Soliman EZ, Efird JT, Judd SE, Howard VJ, Howard G et al.. Fine particulate air pollution and premature atrial contractions: The REasons for Geographic And Racial Differences in Stroke study. 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Clinical research in cardiology : official journal of the German Cardiac Society 2016. link 36 Bollmann A, Hilbert S, John S, Kosiuk J, Hindricks G. Initial Experience With Ultra High-Density Mapping of Human Right Atria. Journal of cardiovascular electrophysiology 2016. link 37 Palti Y, Schatzberger R, Zreik M, Solter E, Kronzon I. Footprints of cardiac mechanical activity as expressed in lung Doppler signals. Echocardiography (Mount Kisco, N.Y.) 2015. link 38 Quallich SG, Van Heel M, Iaizzo PA. Optimal contact forces to minimize cardiac perforations before, during, and/or after radiofrequency or cryothermal ablations. Heart rhythm 2015. link 39 Lüker J, von Bodman G, Sultan A, Brömsen J, Akbulak RÖ, Schäffer B et al.. Safety and efficacy of external electrical cardioversion in patients with left ventricular leads. Clinical research in cardiology : official journal of the German Cardiac Society 2015. link 40 Wittwer MR, Rajendran S, Kealley J, Arstall MA. A South Australian registry of biphasic cardioversions of atrial arrhythmias: efficacy and predictors of success. Heart, lung & circulation 2015. link 41 Glukhov AV, Kalyanasundaram A, Lou Q, Hage LT, Hansen BJ, Belevych AE et al.. Calsequestrin 2 deletion causes sinoatrial node dysfunction and atrial arrhythmias associated with altered sarcoplasmic reticulum calcium cycling and degenerative fibrosis within the mouse atrial pacemaker complex1. European heart journal 2015. link 42 Ban JE, Park SW, Kim YH. Radiofrequency catheter ablation of atrial tachyarrhythmias after an atrial switch operation in a patient with univentricular heart combined with transposition of the great arteries. Cardiology in the young 2015. link 43 Insulander P, Bastani H, Braunschweig F, Drca N, Gudmundsson K, Kennebäck G et al.. Cryoablation of substrates adjacent to the atrioventricular node: acute and long-term safety of 1303 ablation procedures. 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