Atrial fibrillation storms.
Evolving pacemaker and device technology now allows the onset pattern of arrhythmias to be identified. It is recognised that some cardiac arrhythmias have a circadian pattern of onset and that ventricular arrhythmias can occur in clusters of electrical storms. The long-term follow-up of patients with an atrial defibrillator suggests that in some patients persistent atrial fibrillation recurrences are not random, but can occur in clusters of 'atrial fibrillation storms'. A case report is used to demonstrate this newly recognised phenomenon.
Mitchell
A R
AR
Department of Cardiology, Eastbourne General Hospital, King's Drive, Eastbourne, Sussex BN21 2UD, UK.
Spurrell
P A
PA
Sulke
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D000638:Amiodarone / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000889:Anti-Arrhythmia Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001281:Atrial Fibrillation / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000628:therapy; D002940:Circadian Rhythm; D017147:Defibrillators, Implantable; D006801:Humans; D006993:Hypnotics and Sedatives / Q000627:therapeutic use; D008297:Male; D008874:Midazolam / Q000627:therapeutic use; D008875:Middle Aged; D012008:Recurrence
D000889:Anti-Arrhythmia Agents; D006993:Hypnotics and Sedatives; D000638:Amiodarone; D008874:Midazolam