Abstract
We report the case of a 58‐year‐old man who developed atrial fibrillation as a result of iatrogenic subocclusion of a diseased sinus node artery, originating from the left circumflex artery (LCx), occurring during LCx stenting, suggestive of an ischemic etiology of sinus node dysfunction. Copyright © 2010 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
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