Pseudo-Atrial Flutter Secondary to a Chest Wall Percussion Device
Madden, G.R.; Chang, J.J.
Connecticut Medicine 81(4): 231-233
2017
ISSN/ISBN: 0010-6178 PMID: 29714409 Document Number: 692560
Pseudo-atrial flutter is an EKG artifact that mimics a true atrial flutter. We report a case of pseudo-atrial flutter in a 67-year-old male with quadriplegia and ventilator dependence due to amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) who was hospitalized for respite care. Ihe pseudo-atrial flutterwas found to be due to percussions from a built-in chest wall percussion device in a hospital mattress used for chest physiotherapy.
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