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Type: | Journal article |
Title: | Electrophysiological features of atrial flutter in cardiac sarcoidosis: a report of two cases |
Author: | Namboodiri, N. Stiles, M.K. Young, G.D. Sanders, P. |
Citation: | Indian Pacing and Electrophysiology Journal, 2012; 12(6):284-289 |
Publisher: | Indian Heart Rhythm Society |
Issue Date: | 2012 |
ISSN: | 0972-6292 0972-6292 |
Statement of Responsibility: | Narayanan Namboodiri, Martin K Stiles, Glenn D Young, Prashanthan Sanders |
Abstract: | We report two cases of systemic sarcoidosis with atrial flutter as the clinical manifestation. In one patient, who had symptoms of shorter duration, the arrhythmia was no longer inducible after a course of glucocorticoid therapy. Electroanatomical mapping in the other case revealed patchy fibrosis of the left atrial myocardium and multiple macro-reentrant circuits. Sinus rhythm could be restored with ablation of these reentrant circuits. To our knowledge, this is the first report on the demonstration of atrial scarring in a patient with sarcoidosis using 3-D electroanatomical mapping. These two cases illustrate that the inflammation of atrial myocardium is the primary mechanism of atrial arrhythmias in patients with cardiac sarcoidosis. |
Keywords: | atrial flutter sarcoidosis radiofrequency ablation |
Rights: | © 2012 Namboodiri et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
DOI: | 10.1016/S0972-6292(16)30568-X |
Published version: | http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3513242/ |
Appears in Collections: | Aurora harvest 7 Medicine publications |
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