title: Persistent Atrial Standstill in Acute Myocarditis.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Atrial standstill manifests as absence of any atrial electrical activity in the surface ECG leads. Persistent atrial standstill secondary to acute myocarditis is extremely rare.
  
  
  METHODS
  10-year-old girl had atrial standstill and heart failure due to acute myocarditis. After recovery from myocarditis, heart failure resolved, but the atrial standstill persisted.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Persistent atrial standstill was treated with permanent pacemaker and anticoagulation.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Acute myocarditis may rarely cause atrial standstill that can last even after recovery from myocarditis.
authors.affiliation: Departments of Cardiology, Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology, Trivandrum, and *Sri Jayadeva Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences and Research, Bengaluru; India. Correspondence to: Dr Mukund A Prabhu, Electrophysiology Unit, Department of Cardiology, Sri Jayadeva Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences and Research, 9th Block Jayanagar, Bannerghatta Road, Bengaluru 560 069, India. mukundaprabhu@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Mukund A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Prabhu
authors.forename: B V
authors.initials: BV
authors.lastname: Srinivas Prasad
authors.forename: Anees
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Thajudeen
authors.forename: Narayanan
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Namboodiri
mesh_terms: D001145:Arrhythmias, Cardiac / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology; D002648:Child; D015150:Echocardiography, Doppler; D005260:Female; D006325:Heart Atria / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D009205:Myocarditis / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology; D010138:Pacemaker, Artificial