Technical papers, Atrial fibrillation:

Idiosyncrasy To Oral Sotalol Presenting As Giant T - Wave Inversion

Author: Amar Patnaik, MD, Mohan Nair, MD, et. Al.

Sotalol, a class III antiarrhythmic agent, generally causes a dose-dependent prolongation of QT interval. We herein report a 22 year old young man with chronic atrial flutter and structurally normal heart, on oral sotalol therapy. He developed giant T- wa...

New Parameters Able To Better Identify Patients At Risk Of Atrial Fibrillation

Author: M. Villani, MD, G. Iannucci, MD, S. Iannuzzi, MD et al.

P-wave prolongation on the high resolution ECG (HRE) has been considered useful to detect patients (pts) at risk of paroxysmal atrial fibrillation (PAF). However, the P-wave prolongation is also present in cardiomyopathies, such as ischemic heart disease ...