Block of the lower interatrial connections: insight into the sources of electrocardiographic diversities in common type atrial flutter.
Whether the conduction disturbances of the interatrial connections play a role in the genesis of ECG variants of atrial flutter is almost completely unknown. We present a patient with typical counterclockwise atrial flutter in whom the ablation of the coronary sinus (CS) area during ongoing atrial flutter produced significant ECG changes without alterations in the activation sequence within the right atrium (RA). This case highlights the possible role of alterations of the interatrial connections in the genesis of atypical ECG manifestations of common type atrial flutter.
Zrenner
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B
Deutsches Herzzentrum München, Germany. zrenner@dhm.mhn.DE
Ndrepepa
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G
Karch
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M
Schneider
M
M
Schmitt
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C
D000368:Aged; D001282:Atrial Flutter / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery; D017115:Catheter Ablation; D004562:Electrocardiography; D006325:Heart Atria / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery; D006329:Heart Conduction System / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D017379:Hypertrophy, Left Ventricular / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology; D008297:Male