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Case Reports
. 1977 Nov;39(11):1273-5.
doi: 10.1136/hrt.39.11.1273.

Alternans in human atrial monophasic action potenial

T Pop, D Fleischmann
Case Reports

Alternans in human atrial monophasic action potenial

T Pop et al. Br Heart J. 1977 Nov.

Abstract

This report describes the case of a patient with a supraventricular tachycardia with a ventricular rate of 109/min and no visible P waves in the electrocardiogram. The recording of the monophasic action potential of the right atrium disclosed an atrial tachycardia with a rate of 218/min. There was an alternans of the phase 2 of repolarisation in the action potential. This report emphasises the fact that the phenomenon of alternans occurs in man, as in the experimental animal, at a cellular level.

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