title: [Atrial standstill and rheumatic mitral valvulopathy].
abstract: Atrial standstill is a very rare form of bradyarrhythmia and consists of a transitory or permanent loss of the electrical and mechanical activity of the atria. We report a series of 8 patients, all of them with rheumatic valve disease (5 of them with a prosthetic valve) with symptomatic bradyarrhythmia secondary to atrial standstill, requiring an implantable pacemaker.
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Cardiología, Hospital Universitario de Salamanca.
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Moríñigo
authors.forename: P L
authors.initials: PL
authors.lastname: Sánchez
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Arribas
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Ledesma
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Martín
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Martín Luengo
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001919:Bradycardia / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D005260:Female; D006325:Heart Atria; D006349:Heart Valve Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D006350:Heart Valve Prosthesis; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008943:Mitral Valve; D010138:Pacemaker, Artificial; D012214:Rheumatic Heart Disease / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy