SIMULTANEOUS SURGICAL-CORRECTION OF A COMMON ATRIUM AND IMPURE FLUTTER

Authors
YAMAUCHI S IMURA H BESSHO R YAMADA K TANAKA S
Citation
S. Yamauchi et al., SIMULTANEOUS SURGICAL-CORRECTION OF A COMMON ATRIUM AND IMPURE FLUTTER, The Annals of thoracic surgery, 64(2), 1997, pp. 548-552
Citations number
5
Categorie Soggetti
Surgery,"Cardiac & Cardiovascular System
Journal title
The Annals of thoracic surgery → ACNP
ISSN journal
00034975
Volume
64
Issue
2
Year of publication
1997
Pages
548 - 552
Database
ISI
SICI code
0003-4975(1997)64:2<548:SSOACA>2.0.ZU;2-R
Abstract
We performed surgical correction and treatment of a common atrium and chronic impure flutter using a computerized mapping system in a 49-yea r-old man. A reentrant circuit was observed to exist around the left a trial appendage. In contrast to the regular activation in the left atr ium, the activation sequence of the right atrium was extremely chaotic . Cryolesions were applied to the area of the reentrant pathway. After the operation, sinus rhythm was restored. (C) 1997 by The Society of Thoracic Surgeons.