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Restored Atrial Excitability After Late Recanalization in a Patient with Atrial Standstill and Acute Myocardial Infarction
Author(s) -
KOSHIMIZU TAKAAKI,
KOMORI SADAYOSHI,
ISHIHARA TSUKASA,
KOHNO ISAO,
UMETANI KEN,
SAWANOBORI TAKAO,
IJIRI HIROSHI,
TAMURA KOHJI
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
pacing and clinical electrophysiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.686
H-Index - 101
eISSN - 1540-8159
pISSN - 0147-8389
DOI - 10.1046/j.1460-9592.2002.00217.x
Subject(s) - medicine , cardiology , myocardial infarction , sinus rhythm , coronary sinus , atrial fibrillation , occlusion , atrium (architecture)
KOSHIMIZU, T‐A., et al. : Restored Atrial Excitability After Late Recanalization in a Patient with Atrial Standstill and Acute Myocardial Infarction. Atrial standstill is electrophysiologically characterized by the loss of spontaneous excitation in atrial muscle and the inability to cause action potential firing upon electrical stimulation. Clinical diagnosis of transient standstill of the right atrium was made in a patient with acute occlusion of the right coronary artery and acute renal failure. Percutaneous coronary intervention, performed 5 days after the onset, restored the coronary blood flow and resulted in full recovery of electrical activity and regular sinus rhythm.