Atrial Dissociation After Atrial Compartment Operation for Chronic Atrial Fibrillation in Mitral Valve Disease |
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| Authors: | YI-HENG LI HUEY-MING LO FANG-YUE LIN JIUNN-LEE LIN WEN-PIN LIEN |
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| Affiliation: | Department of Internal Medicine, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, Tainan;Departments of Internal Medicine and Surgery, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan |
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| Abstract: | Atrial dissociation with segmental atrial arrhythmia is an interesting electrophysiological phenomenon. It was rarely reported before to be caused by anatomical exit block after cardiac surgery. We report the case of a 28-year-old patient who developed atrial dissociation after a surgical method for correcting atrial fibrillation—atrial compartment operation. The segmental atrial flutter was first found by Doppler echocardiography and proved later by detailed intracardiac mapping. |
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| Keywords: | atrial dissociation compartment operation atrial fibrillation |
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