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Permanent Left Atrial Electromechanical Dissociation After Conversion of Atrial Fibrillation in a Patient with Interatrial Block
Author(s) -
MATANA ANTE,
ZAPUTOVIĆ LUKA,
MAVRIĆ ŽARKO,
KAŠTELAN ZRINKA MATANA,
ROMANO SLOBODAN,
ZANINOVIĆJURJEVIĆ TEA
Publication year - 2004
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 - 10.1111/j.1540-8159.2004.00601.x
Subject(s) - medicine , atrial fibrillation , sinus rhythm , cardiology , left atrium , p wave , atrium (architecture) , coronary sinus , atrioventricular block
In a 52‐year‐old woman, pharmacological conversion to sinus rhythm was achieved after 31 days of atrial fibrillation. In spite of permanent sinus rhythm, even 7 months after the conversion, no mechanical left atrial activity was restored, although right atrium showed normal contractility.

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