LOW-ENERGY TRANSCATHETER DEFIBRILLATION I N ONE PATIENT WITH A REFRACTORY ATRIAL-FIBRILLATION

Citation
R. Asenjo et al., LOW-ENERGY TRANSCATHETER DEFIBRILLATION I N ONE PATIENT WITH A REFRACTORY ATRIAL-FIBRILLATION, Revista Medica de Chile, 126(3), 1998, pp. 302-308
Citations number
23
Categorie Soggetti
Medicine, General & Internal
Journal title
ISSN journal
00349887
Volume
126
Issue
3
Year of publication
1998
Pages
302 - 308
Database
ISI
SICI code
0034-9887(1998)126:3<302:LTDINO>2.0.ZU;2-O
Abstract
Most cases of atrial fibrillation are converted with antiarrhythmic me dications or external electric defibrillation. However, in some refrac tory patients, an interval transcatheter defibrillation must be attemp ted. We reported a 50 years old male with an atrial fibrillation of on e year duration that was refractory to pharmacological treatment and i n whom external cardioversion was unsuccessful. After the application of a bifasic shock of 10 joules between a catheter in the right atrium and another one located at the coronary sinus, the patient was conver ted to sinus rhythm. At two months of follow up, the patient continues in sinus rhythm.