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Familial Atrial Standstill in Association with Dilated Cardiomyopathy
Author(s) -
FAZELIFAR AMIR FARJAM,
ARYA ARASH,
HAGHJOO MAJID,
SADRAMELI MOHAMMAD ALI
Publication year - 2005
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.1540-8159.2005.00198.x
Subject(s) - medicine , cardiology , brugada syndrome , dilated cardiomyopathy , myocardial infarction , heart disease , cardiomyopathy , sudden death , atrial fibrillation , sudden cardiac death , heart failure
Atrial standstill is an extremely uncommon arrhythmia that rarely appears to be familial and genetically determined. Atrial standstill has been associated with several conditions including, but not restricted to, congenital heart disease, valvular heart disease, conduction disturbances, Brugada syndrome, myocardial infarction, and amyloidosis. Only a few cases of familial clustering of atrial standstill have been reported so far. This report represents a family with atrial standstill associated with syncope, dilated cardiomyopathy, and sudden cardiac death.