title: Simultaneous surgical correction of a common atrium and impure flutter.
abstract: We performed surgical correction and treatment of a common atrium and chronic impure flutter using a computerized mapping system in a 49-year-old man. A reentrant circuit was observed to exist around the left atrial appendage. In contrast to the regular activation in the left atrium, the activation sequence of the right atrium was extremely chaotic. Cryolesions were applied to the area of the reentrant pathway. After the operation, sinus rhythm was restored.
authors.affiliation: Second Department of Surgery, Nippon Medical School, Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yamauchi
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Imura
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Bessho
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yamada
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tanaka
mesh_terms: D001281:Atrial Fibrillation / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery; D001282:Atrial Flutter / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D003452:Cryosurgery; D004562:Electrocardiography; D006344:Heart Septal Defects, Atrial / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008944:Mitral Valve Insufficiency / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery; D014262:Tricuspid Valve Insufficiency / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery