Citation
Jl. Morinigo et al., Atrial standstill and mitral rheumatic heart disease, REV ESP CAR, 52(12), 1999, pp. 1159-1161
Citations number
8
Categorie Soggetti
Cardiovascular & Respiratory Systems
Journal title
REVISTA ESPANOLA DE CARDIOLOGIA
ISSN journal
03008932
→ ACNP
Volume
52
Issue
12
Year of publication
1999
Pages
1159 - 1161
Database
ISI
SICI code
0300-8932(199912)52:12<1159:ASAMRH>2.0.ZU;2-9
Abstract
Atrial standstill is a very rare form of bradiarryhthmia and consists of a
transitory or permanent loss of the electrical and mechanical activity of t
he atria. We report a series of 8 patients, all of them with rheumatic valv
e disease (5 of them with a prosthetic valve) with symptomatic bradiarrhyth
mia secondary to atrial standstill, requiring an implantable pacemaker.