Considerations on the stopping of atrial flutter by means of transitory atrial pacing.
Two cases with atrial flutter and conversion to sinus rhythm using right atrial pacing are presented. In the first case sinus rhythm was obtained by using overdrive suppression while in the second case sinus rhythm took place after delivering a single electric stimulus in the right atrium.
D001282:Atrial Flutter / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*; D002304:Cardiac Pacing, Artificial; D004562:Electrocardiography; D006325:Heart Atria / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans