[Echography after regularization of atrial fibrillation].
An echographic study was carried out on 17 patients before and after conversion of atrial fibrillation to normal rhythm. It showed up the moment of return of atrial contraction as a movement of the posterior wall of the left auricle and a reappearance of the 'a' wave or the anterior cusp of the mitral valve. The contraction can appear immediately after the electric shock, or may be delayed.
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001021:Aortic Valve / Q000503:physiopathology*; D001281:Atrial Fibrillation / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*; D004452:Echocardiography; D004554:Electric Countershock; D005260:Female; D006325:Heart Atria / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008943:Mitral Valve / Q000503:physiopathology*
Echographie après régularisation de la fibrillation auriculaire.