Cardioversion of atrial fibrillation in a dog with structural heart disease using an esophageal-right atrial lead configuration.

Autor: Sanders RA; Michigan State University, College of Veterinary Medicine, East Lansing, MI, USA. Electronic address: ras@cvm.msu.edu., Ralph AG; Michigan State University, College of Veterinary Medicine, East Lansing, MI, USA., Olivier NB; Michigan State University, College of Veterinary Medicine, East Lansing, MI, USA.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Journal of veterinary cardiology : the official journal of the European Society of Veterinary Cardiology [J Vet Cardiol] 2014 Dec; Vol. 16 (4), pp. 277-81. Date of Electronic Publication: 2014 Oct 07.
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvc.2014.09.001
Abstrakt: Atrial fibrillation is a common arrhythmia in dogs with structural cardiac disease and can result in significant clinical signs. Several methods of electrical cardioversion of atrial fibrillation have been described. Biphasic transthoracic cardioversion of atrial fibrillation in dogs with naturally occurring heart disease has been described in veterinary medicine and has been shown to be highly successful. In humans and research animals intracardiac and transesophageal cardioversion of atrial fibrillation has been described as an alternative to transthoracic cardioversion. While transesophageal cardioversion is very successful in humans and research animals, this technique has not been previously described in a clinical patient with naturally occurring heart disease in veterinary medicine. This report describes the use of transesophageal cardioversion in a dog with atrial fibrillation and structural cardiac disease. Cardioversion was unsuccessful using two electrodes positioned within the esophagus. Cardioversion of atrial fibrillation to normal sinus rhythm was successfully achieved and maintained using one electrode positioned within the esophagus and one electrode positioned within the right atrium using a synchronized monophasic shock of 50 J.
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Databáze: MEDLINE
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