Myxoma atrium kiri pada dasarnya merupakan tumor jinak jantung yang paling banyak ditemui, terjadi secara sporadik dan penyebabnya masih belum diketahui. Presentasi klinis myxoma bergantung lokasi, ukuran, mobilitas tumor. dapat bervariasi dari mulai asimtomatik hingga kematian mendadak. Artikel ini membahas mengenai suatu kasus pasien laki-laki berusia 36 tahun datang dengan keluhan sesak nafa...

Dual-loop macro-reentry atrial flutter (AFL) is an atypical AFL, which has two loops of the reentry circuit usually localized within single atrium. In this case report, we present a double-loop bi-atrial flutter during atrial fibrillation ablation, in which the two reentry circuit loops were located around the inferior vena cava (IVC) and the mitral annulus, (MA) respectively.

Introduction Cardiovascular diseases are the single most important cause of death in the developing world [131]. According to a recent estimate of the World Heath Organization, 16.7 million deaths each year are caused by cardiovascular related illnesses [131]. Their early diagnosis and treatment has become vital for reducing the mortality and improving the quality of life of the patients suffer...

Figure 1: Echocardiography showing, a large fistula with a diameter of 7 mm between the right pulmonary artery and the enlarged left atrium (A and B), CT scan showing an epidural hematoma (C). RA: right atrium; LA: left atrium; RPA: right pulmonary artery; AO: aorta; PA: pulmonary artery; RVOT: right ventricular outflow tract. Figure 2: Intraoperative view of the doubly ligated fistula between ...

A34-year-old man presented for evaluation of palpitations. Eight years earlier, he had undergone orthotopic heart transplantation for nonischemic cardiomyopathy. During the electrophysiology study, atrial tachycardia (cycle length, 220 ms) originating in the recipient atrium was present at baseline. Atrioatrial conduction from the recipient atrium to donor atrium was present with 2:1 conduction...