Right atrial fibrosis and sick node syndrome

Authors

  • Hugo Villarroel-Ábrego Echocardiography Service. Hospital de Diagnóstico Escalón and Universidad Salvadoreña Alberto Masferrer (USAM). San Salvador. El Salvador.
  • Martha Reyes-Villatoro Electrophysiology Service. Escalon Diagnostic Hospital. San Salvador. El Salvado
  • Camila Flores-Ventura Radiology Service. Brito Mejía Peña Clinic. San Salvador. El Salvador.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.37615/retic.v2n1a8

Keywords:

chronotropic insufficiency, right atrial fibrosis, sick sinus syndrome.

Abstract

A 57-year-old hypertensive and obese male, consulted for assessment due to dyspnea on exertion. Mild pulmonary
hypertension due to diastolic dysfunction without ventricular hypertrophy, chronotropic incompetence and right atrial fibrosis were detected. There was also deterioration of the strain of the right atrium. A permanent pacemaker was implanted. In this case we will discuss how, underlying the appearance of automatism disorders and atrial arrhythmias, there may be a non-ischemic fibrosis substratum.

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Published

2019-12-31

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Villarroel-Ábrego H, Reyes-Villatoro M, Flores-Ventura C. Right atrial fibrosis and sick node syndrome. Rev Ecocardiogr Pract Otras Tec Imag Card (RETIC) [Internet]. 2019 Dec. 31 [cited 2024 Nov. 21];2(1):30-3. Available from: https://imagenretic.org/RevEcocarPract/article/view/195

Issue

Vol. 2 No. 1 (2019): Journal of Practical Echocardiography and Other Cardiac Imaging Techniques

Section

CLINICAL CASES

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