Typical atrial flutter from blunt cardiac injury: an atypical cause

• 作者: Naji Maaliki Fadi Kandah Aleem Azal Ali James Farah Temitope Akinjogbin Francesco Franchi
• 来源期刊: 老年心脏病学杂志（英文版）
• 年，卷（期）: 2021,（2）
• 所属期刊栏目: LETTER TO THE EDITOR
• 页码范围: 155-157
• 页数: 3页
• 语种: 英文

摘要

Atrial flutter (AFL) is a detrimental cardiac arrhythmia caused by multiple pathologic conditions.Certain unsuspecting cases,however, may be an inciting factor.Among them is blunt cardiac injury (BCI), characterized by nonpenetrating mediastinal trauma, leading to arrhythmias due to myocardial tissue injury.AFL is a rare sequela of BCI that has seldom been reported.We present a case of a healthy 50-year-old lady who was incidentally diagnosed with AFL in the setting of BCI.