Atrial Fibrillation Produced by Atrial Stimulation

Haft, Jacob I. M.D.
Lau, Sun H. M.D.
Stein, Emanuel M.D.
Kosowsky, Bernard D. M.D.
Damato, Anthony N. M.D.

From the Cardiopulmonary Laboratory, U. S. Public Health Service Hospital, Staten Island, New York.

Circulation 37(1):p 70-74, January 1968.

Twenty-six episodes of atrial fibrillation and flutter-fibrillation, each lasting less than 23 sec, were recorded in three normal subjects during atrial pacing studies. The cause of these atrial arrhythmias was determined to be the result of stimulation within the atrial vulnerable period.