Permanent left atrial electromechanical dissociation after conversion of atrial fibrillation in a patient with interatrial block.
In a 52-year-old woman, pharmacological conversion to sinus rhythm was achieved after 31 days of atrial fibrillation. In spite of permanent sinus rhythm, even 7 months after the conversion, no mechanical left atrial activity was restored, although right atrium showed normal contractility.
Matana
Ante
A
Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Clinical Hospital Center Rijeka, Rijeka, Croatia. interna.susak@ri.htnet.hr
Zaputović
Luka
L
Mavrić
Zarko
Z
Kastelan
Zrinka Matana
ZM
Romano
Slobodan
S
Zaninović-Jurjević
Tea
T
D001281:Atrial Fibrillation / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000503:physiopathology*; D016279:Atrial Function, Left / Q000502:physiology*; D004562:Electrocardiography; D005260:Female; D006327:Heart Block / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged