title: [The electrocardiography image of atrial arrest].
abstract: 11 patients, aged 36 to 85 years, 5 men and 6 women, with atrial standstill are described. Except for one patient they had organic heart disease (coronary heart disease, 4 patients; valvular heart disease, 6 patients). The extent of standstill was assessed by intra-atrial recording and stimulation. A permanent form was seen in 6 patients: 3 patients presented with a total, the other 3 with a partial atrial standstill. In 5 patients a transient atrial standstill was diagnosed, 2 with a total and 3 with a partial form of standstill. One of the latter patients presented with a hitherto undescribed feature: a partial atrial standstill induced by isolated hyperkalemia.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000175:diagnosis; D004562:Electrocardiography; D005260:Female; D006323:Heart Arrest / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology; D006325:Heart Atria / Q000503:physiopathology; D006329:Heart Conduction System / Q000503:physiopathology; D006349:Heart Valve Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000175:diagnosis
vernacular_title: Das elektrokardiographische Bild des Vorhofstillstandes.