Esophageal Long-Term ECG Reveals Paroxysmal Atrial Fibrillation | Zendy

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Esophageal Long-Term ECG Reveals Paroxysmal Atrial Fibrillation

Author(s) -

Andreas Haeberlin,

Thomas Niederhäuser,

Thanks Marisa,

Daniel Mattle,

Marcel Jacomet,

Josef Goette,

Hildegard Tanner,

Rolf Vogel

Publication year - 2012

Publication title -

circulation

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 7.795

H-Index - 607

eISSN - 1524-4539

pISSN - 0009-7322

DOI - 10.1161/circulationaha.111.080762

Subject(s) - medicine , paroxysmal atrial fibrillation , atrial fibrillation , cardiology , term (time) , electrocardiography , physics , quantum mechanics

A 79-year-old man was referred for coronary angiography because of atypical chest pain. The patient's medical history included a myocardial infarction 5 years previously and well-controlled arterial hypertension. Three months before this admission he reported atypical chest pain, sometimes associated with palpitations lasting seconds up to a few minutes. Hence, he underwent ambulant 24-hour ECG, which revealed frequent atrial premature beats but no other arrhythmia.On admission, the patient was in sinus rhythm. Echocardiography showed normal ventricular function without structural heart disease. After successful percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty, the patient was included in a study …

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