Superior-Type Fast-Slow Atrioventricular Nodal Reentrant Tachycardia Phenotype Mimicking the Slow-Fast Type. 2020

Yoshiaki Kaneko, and Tadashi Nakajima, and Shuntaro Tamura, and Hiroshi Hasegawa, and Takashi Kobari, and Takashi Iizuka, and Masahiko Kurabayashi
Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Gunma University Graduate School of Medicine, Maebashi, Japan.

Superior-type fast-slow (sup-F/S-) atrioventricular nodal reentrant tachycardia (AVNRT) is a rare AVNRT variant using a superior slow pathway (SP) as the retrograde limb. Its intracardiac appearance, characterized by a short atrio-His (AH) interval and the earliest site of atrial activation in the His-bundle, is an initial indicator for making a diagnosis. Among 22 consecutive patients with sup-F/S-AVNRT, 3 (age, 68-81 years) patients had an apparent slow-fast (S/F-) AVNRT characterized by a long AH interval and the earliest site of atrial activation in or superior to the His-bundle region (tachy-long-AH). The diagnosis of sup-F/S-AVNRT was based on the standard criteria in 2 patients and on the occurrence of Wenckebach-type atrioventricular block during tachycardia, which was attributable to a block at the lower common pathway (LCP) below the circuit of the AVNRT, detected owing to the lower common pathway potentials, in one patient. As with the typical S/F-AVNRT, tachy-long-AH was induced after a jump in the AH interval. In contrast to typical S/F-AVNRT, fluctuation in the ventriculoatrial interval was observed during the tachy-long-AH. Ventricular overdrive pacing was unable to entrain or terminate the tachy-long-AH. Moreover, the tachy-long-AH reciprocally transited to/from sup-F/S-AVNRT spontaneously or was triggered by ventricular contractions while the atrial cycle length and earliest site of atrial activation remained unchanged. Both tachycardias were cured by ablation at a single site in the right-side para-Hisian region of 2 patients and the noncoronary aortic cusp of one patient. Collectively, the essential circuit of both tachycardias was identical, and the tachy-long-AH was diagnosed as another phenotype of sup-F/S-AVNRT accompanied by sustained antegrade conduction via another bystander slow pathway breaking through the His-bundle owing to the repetitive antegrade block at the lower common pathway, thus representing a long AH interval during the ongoing sup-F/S-AVNRT. An unknown sup-F/S-AVNRT phenotype exists that apparently mimics the typical S/F-AVNRT and is also an unknown subtype of apparent S/F-AVNRT.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D008297 Male Males
D010641 Phenotype The outward appearance of the individual. It is the product of interactions between genes, and between the GENOTYPE and the environment. Phenotypes
D011237 Predictive Value of Tests In screening and diagnostic tests, the probability that a person with a positive test is a true positive (i.e., has the disease), is referred to as the predictive value of a positive test; whereas, the predictive value of a negative test is the probability that the person with a negative test does not have the disease. Predictive value is related to the sensitivity and specificity of the test. Negative Predictive Value,Positive Predictive Value,Predictive Value Of Test,Predictive Values Of Tests,Negative Predictive Values,Positive Predictive Values,Predictive Value, Negative,Predictive Value, Positive
D002036 Bundle of His Small band of specialized CARDIAC MUSCLE fibers that originates in the ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODE and extends into the membranous part of the interventricular septum. The bundle of His, consisting of the left and the right bundle branches, conducts the electrical impulses to the HEART VENTRICLES in generation of MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION. Atrioventricular Bundle,Anterior Fascicle,Kent-His Bundle,Left Bundle Branch of His,Posterior Fascicle,Right Bundle Branch of His,Atrioventricular Bundles,Bundle, Atrioventricular,Bundle, Kent-His,Bundles, Atrioventricular,Fascicle, Anterior,Fascicle, Posterior,His Bundle,Kent His Bundle
D005260 Female Females
D006339 Heart Rate The number of times the HEART VENTRICLES contract per unit of time, usually per minute. Cardiac Rate,Chronotropism, Cardiac,Heart Rate Control,Heartbeat,Pulse Rate,Cardiac Chronotropy,Cardiac Chronotropism,Cardiac Rates,Chronotropy, Cardiac,Control, Heart Rate,Heart Rates,Heartbeats,Pulse Rates,Rate Control, Heart,Rate, Cardiac,Rate, Heart,Rate, Pulse
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000200 Action Potentials Abrupt changes in the membrane potential that sweep along the CELL MEMBRANE of excitable cells in response to excitation stimuli. Spike Potentials,Nerve Impulses,Action Potential,Impulse, Nerve,Impulses, Nerve,Nerve Impulse,Potential, Action,Potential, Spike,Potentials, Action,Potentials, Spike,Spike Potential
D000368 Aged A person 65 years of age or older. For a person older than 79 years, AGED, 80 AND OVER is available. Elderly
D000369 Aged, 80 and over Persons 80 years of age and older. Oldest Old

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