Desfibrilación auricular transcatéter con baja energía en un caso de fibrilación auricular crónica refractaria / Low energy transcatheter defibrillation in one patient with a refractory atrial fibrillation

ABSTRACT

Most cases of atrial fibrillation are converted with antiarrhyhmic medications or external electric defibrillation. However, in some refractory patients,an internal transcatheter defibrillation must be attempted. We report a 50 years old male with an atrial fibrillation of one year duration that was refractory to pharmacological treatment and in whom external cardioversion was unsuccessful. After the application of a bifasic shock of 10 joules between a cather in the right atrium and another one located at the coronary sinus, the patient was converted to sinus rhythm. At two months of follow up, the patient continues in sinus rhythm