Spontaneous conversion of permanent atrial fibrillation into stable sinus rhythm after 17 months of biventricular pacing.
A 68-year-old woman with drug refractory congestive heart failure (NYHA Class III, ejection fraction 35%, moderate to severe mitral regurgitation) and permanent atrial fibrillation uninterrupted for >3 years, underwent implantation of a biventricular pacing system. Seventeen months later, atrial fibrillation spontaneously converted into sinus rhythm, which has been maintained for more than 6 months (to date).
Malinowski
Klaus
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Department of Internal Medicine, Helios Clinics, Aue, Germany. kmalinowski@aue.helios-kliniken.de
D000368:Aged; D001281:Atrial Fibrillation / Q000150:complications / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*; D002304:Cardiac Pacing, Artificial / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000150:complications; D006801:Humans; D010138:Pacemaker, Artificial