Noninvasive diagnosis of partial atrial standstill using magnetocardiograms

Circ J. 2002 Dec;66(12):1178-80. doi: 10.1253/circj.66.1178.

Abstract

A 59-year-old woman with partial atrial standstill was studied using magnetocardiograms (MCGs), which revealed through QRS-T subtraction and time-frequency analysis that there was a high-frequency (6 Hz) magnetic source at the low atrial septum. MCGs are useful for noninvasively evaluating the clinical course of patients with atrial fibrillation.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Algorithms
  • Atrial Fibrillation / complications
  • Atrial Function
  • Electrocardiography
  • Female
  • Heart Arrest / diagnosis*
  • Heart Arrest / etiology
  • Heart Arrest / physiopathology
  • Heart Septum / physiopathology
  • Humans
  • Magnetics*
  • Middle Aged
  • Subtraction Technique