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.
Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Clinical Hospital Center Rijeka, Rijeka, Croatia. interna.susak@ri.htnet.hr
Ante
A
Matana
Luka
L
Zaputović
Zarko
Z
Mavrić
Zrinka Matana
ZM
Kastelan
Slobodan
S
Romano
Tea
T
Zaninović-Jurjević
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