Catheter ablation for atrioventricular nodal reentrant tachycardia in patients with congenital heart disease. 2016

Shailendra Upadhyay, and Anne Marie Valente, and John K Triedman, and Edward P Walsh
Department of Cardiology, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts; Department of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.

Variability in atrioventricular (AV) node location in congenital heart disease (CHD) can make catheter ablation for atrioventricular nodal reentrant tachycardia (AVNRT) challenging. The purpose of this study was to describe institutional technique and outcomes for slow pathway modification in a cohort with CHD. The study consisted of a retrospective review of CHD patients who underwent study from 2001 to 2013 with a diagnosis of AVNRT. Outcomes for slow pathway modification were recorded. In cases in which ablation was deferred, the reasons for this choice were examined. Forty-nine patients (median age 19 years) were included. CHD anatomy involved d-transposition of the great arteries (n = 6), "congenitally corrected" transposition of the great arteries (n = 4), Ebstein anomaly (n = 4), tetralogy of Fallot (n = 5), venous anomalies (n = 8), single ventricle (n = 16), and miscellaneous (n = 6). Ablation was attempted in 39 patients, using radiofrequency energy in 24, cryoablation in 8, and both in 7. Acute success rate was 92% (36/39). One patient had first-degree block in response to cryoablation, but no other complications occurred. At median follow-up 32 months, 1 patient had AVNRT recurrence. Most of the 10 patients in whom ablation was deferred had single-ventricle anatomy with uncertain AV node location. Ablation for AVNRT in CHD can be accomplished successfully with attention to underlying anatomy and prior surgery. Patients with single ventricle are a difficult subgroup, and a pharmacologic approach may be indicated in some cases if node localization is ambiguous.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D008297 Male Males
D008404 Massachusetts State bounded on the north by New Hampshire and Vermont, on the east by the Atlantic Ocean, on the south by Connecticut and Rhode Island, and on the west by New York.
D008875 Middle Aged An adult aged 45 - 64 years. Middle Age
D012008 Recurrence The return of a sign, symptom, or disease after a remission. Recrudescence,Relapse,Recrudescences,Recurrences,Relapses
D002675 Child, Preschool A child between the ages of 2 and 5. Children, Preschool,Preschool Child,Preschool Children
D004562 Electrocardiography Recording of the moment-to-moment electromotive forces of the HEART as projected onto various sites on the body's surface, delineated as a scalar function of time. The recording is monitored by a tracing on slow moving chart paper or by observing it on a cardioscope, which is a CATHODE RAY TUBE DISPLAY. 12-Lead ECG,12-Lead EKG,12-Lead Electrocardiography,Cardiography,ECG,EKG,Electrocardiogram,Electrocardiograph,12 Lead ECG,12 Lead EKG,12 Lead Electrocardiography,12-Lead ECGs,12-Lead EKGs,12-Lead Electrocardiographies,Cardiographies,ECG, 12-Lead,EKG, 12-Lead,Electrocardiograms,Electrocardiographies, 12-Lead,Electrocardiographs,Electrocardiography, 12-Lead
D005260 Female Females
D005500 Follow-Up Studies Studies in which individuals or populations are followed to assess the outcome of exposures, procedures, or effects of a characteristic, e.g., occurrence of disease. Followup Studies,Follow Up Studies,Follow-Up Study,Followup Study,Studies, Follow-Up,Studies, Followup,Study, Follow-Up,Study, Followup
D006329 Heart Conduction System An impulse-conducting system composed of modified cardiac muscle, having the power of spontaneous rhythmicity and conduction more highly developed than the rest of the heart. Conduction System, Heart,Conduction Systems, Heart,Heart Conduction Systems,System, Heart Conduction,Systems, Heart Conduction
D006330 Heart Defects, Congenital Developmental abnormalities involving structures of the heart. These defects are present at birth but may be discovered later in life. Congenital Heart Disease,Heart Abnormalities,Abnormality, Heart,Congenital Heart Defect,Congenital Heart Defects,Defects, Congenital Heart,Heart Defect, Congenital,Heart, Malformation Of,Congenital Heart Diseases,Defect, Congenital Heart,Disease, Congenital Heart,Heart Abnormality,Heart Disease, Congenital,Malformation Of Heart,Malformation Of Hearts

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