Recurrent atrial flutter in apical hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.
Palpitations are a symptom often reported by patients with apical hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM), yet the arrhythmias associated with this type of HCM have not been studied adequately. Herein, a case of persistently recurrent atrial flutter in a 63-year-old Greek man with apical HCM is presented. Synchronized direct-current shocks were used twice during his hospitalization in order to convert atrial flutter to sinus rhythm. No definite precipitating factor for the induction of atrial flutter was identified.
Gavaliatsis
I P
IP
Second Department of Cardiology, Evangelismos Hospital, Athens, Greece.
Kouvousis
N M
NM
Rallidis
L S
LS
Pirros
J M
JM
Dionisopoulou
C T
CT
Kremastinos
D T
DT
Tsitouris
G K
GK
D000638:Amiodarone / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001282:Atrial Flutter / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D002304:Cardiac Pacing, Artificial; D002312:Cardiomyopathy, Hypertrophic / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D004452:Echocardiography; D004562:Electrocardiography; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D012008:Recurrence
D000638:Amiodarone