Macro-reentrant atrial tachycardias. 2011

Frédéric Anselme, and Nadir Saoudi
Cardiology Department, Rouen University Hospital 1, rue de Germont 76 031, Rouen, France. Frederic.anselme@chu-rouen.fr

Macro-reentrant atrial arrhythmias development is conditioned by the presence of fixed (anatomical or acquired) or functional barriers of conduction with areas of slow conduction at critical atrial sites. It may occur with or without underlying heart disease. Recent development of sophisticated 3D mapping systems has greatly contributed to a better understanding of these atrial arrhythmias. However, classical electrophysiological manoeuvres are usually efficient to locate the tachycardia circuit and to find critical isthmuses as well. In the vast majority of the cases, these techniques allow physicians to cure these tachycardias with a high success rate using catheter ablation.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D013611 Tachycardia, Atrioventricular Nodal Reentry Abnormally rapid heartbeats caused by reentry of atrial impulse into the dual (fast and slow) pathways of ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODE. The common type involves a blocked atrial impulse in the slow pathway which reenters the fast pathway in a retrograde direction and simultaneously conducts to the atria and the ventricles leading to rapid HEART RATE of 150-250 beats per minute. Atrioventricular Nodal Re-Entrant Tachycardia,Atrioventricular Nodal Reentry Tachycardia,Atrioventricular Reentrant Tachycardia,Tachycardia, AV Nodal Reentrant,AV Nodal Reentrant Tachycardia,Atrioventricular Nodal Reentrant Tachycardia,Atrioventricular Nodal Re Entrant Tachycardia,Atrioventricular Reentrant Tachycardias,Reentrant Tachycardia, Atrioventricular,Tachycardia, Atrioventricular Reentrant
D017115 Catheter Ablation Removal of tissue with electrical current delivered via electrodes positioned at the distal end of a catheter. Energy sources are commonly direct current (DC-shock) or alternating current at radiofrequencies (usually 750 kHz). The technique is used most often to ablate the AV junction and/or accessory pathways in order to interrupt AV conduction and produce AV block in the treatment of various tachyarrhythmias. Ablation, Transvenous Electric,Catheter Ablation, Electric,Catheter Ablation, Percutaneous,Catheter Ablation, Radiofrequency,Catheter Ablation, Transvenous,Ablation, Catheter,Ablation, Transvenous Electrical,Catheter Ablation, Electrical,Electric Catheter Ablation,Electrical Catheter Ablation,Percutaneous Catheter Ablation,Radiofrequency Catheter Ablation,Transvenous Catheter Ablation,Ablation, Electric Catheter,Ablation, Electrical Catheter,Ablation, Percutaneous Catheter,Ablation, Radiofrequency Catheter,Ablation, Transvenous Catheter,Electric Ablation, Transvenous,Electrical Ablation, Transvenous,Transvenous Electric Ablation,Transvenous Electrical Ablation

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