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CENTURION, Osmar Antonio et al. Sinus node dysfunction associated with severe proximal stenosis of the right coronary artery and coronary vasospasm. Mem. Inst. Investig. Cienc. Salud [online]. 2022, vol.20, n.1, pp.135-140. ISSN 1812-9528.  https://doi.org/10.18004/mem.iics/1812-9528/2022.020.01.135.

Sinus node dysfunction (SND) is generally secondary to senescence of the sinus node and the surrounding atrial myocardium. We are presenting a 59-year-old patient, hypertensive without treatment and with a history of syncope on two occasions in the last 4 months. He was admitted due to a 1: 1 atrioventricular conduction atrial flutter with a heart rate of 280 beats/min that subsides with an amiodarone drip. A 24-hour Holter monitor showed predominant sinus rhythm, paroxysmal episodes of atrial fibrillation with high ventricular response, sinus bradycardia of 47 beats/min. The diagnosis of sinus node dysfunction, Rubenstein type III (Bradycardia-Tachycardia Syndrome) was made. A coronary angiography confirmed an 80% stenosis in the proximal segment of the right coronary artery with a spastic component. The sinus node artery emerges from the proximal segment of the right coronary artery. A successful angioplasty was performed with a medicated stent. Another 24-hour Holter study of post-angioplasty control again recorded paroxysmal atrial fibrillation with high ventricular response episodes and pause episodes of up to 3,100 milliseconds, for which a dual-chamber pacemaker was implanted. Despite the restoration of adequate blood flow to the sinus node artery with right coronary angioplasty, no improvement in sinus node dysfunction was obtained.

Palabras clave : Sinus node dysfunction; coronary stenosis; percutaneous coronary intervention.

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