Abstract:
:The authors present a case of permanent atrial standstill with syncopal attacks, in a patient with chronic Chagas' Heart Disease. The recognition of this dysrhythmia was based upon the conventional and intracavity electrocardiographic tracings in addition to phonomecanographic and hemodynamic data. The recording of the His Bundle electrogram demonstrated the absence of atrial activity, with the His potential preceding all ventricular complexes and an advanced conduction defect distal to the bundle of His. A diffuse type of atrial involvement was suggested by the lack of response to pacemaker stimulation. An increase in ventricular rate following intravenous atropine administration, led to the diagnosis of an a-v junctional rhythm with a widened QRS complex due to an associated right bundle branch block. Following the implantation of an epicardial ventricular pacemaker, the patient became completely asymptomatic despite the persistence of electrical and mechanical atrial standstill.
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Acta Cardioljournal_title
Acta cardiologicaauthors
Benchimol CB,Schlesinger P,Ginefra P,Barbosa S,Saad EA,Benchimol ABsubject
Has Abstractpub_date
1975-01-01 00:00:00pages
313-22issue
4eissn
0001-5385issn
1784-973Xjournal_volume
30pub_type
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更新日期:1994-01-01 00:00:00
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doi:10.2143/AC.65.1.2045899
更新日期:2010-02-01 00:00:00
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