A Case of Atrial Flutter diagnosed at the Family Health Center
Atrial flutter (AFL) is the most common supraventricular arrhythmia that develops as a result of various metabolic and cardiopulmonary disorders, following atrial fibrillation. Risk factors for developing AFL include many chronic diseases such as hypertension. The diagnosis of AFL is made by electrocardiography (ECG) taken during the monitoring of chronic diseases, sometimes due to clinical symptoms and sometimes without causing symptoms. Patients with this arrhythmia are at a high risk of thromboembolic events. Timely diagnosis and initiation of treatment in these patients are of paramount importance.
Family practice provides services for early diagnosis, treatment, follow-up and rehabilitation of patients in primary care. In this case report, it is aimed to discuss the process of diagnosing AFL in a patient who was called to the family health center for chronic disease follow-up within the scope of the Disease Management Platform (HYP) application and who did not have any complaints, and to emphasize the importance of primary health care services in chronic disease follow-up.
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