Coincident idiopathic left ventricular tachycardia and atrioventricular nodal reentrant tachycardia: control by radiofrequency catheter ablation of the slow atrioventricular nodal pathway. 1994

A B Wagshal, and R S Mittleman, and C D Schuger, and S K Huang
Department of Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical Center, Worcester.

A healthy 37-year-old male presented with a history of frequent palpitations and sustained wide QRS complex tachycardia with a right bundle branch block and left axis morphology. Serial electrophysiological studies revealed two inducible tachycardias, which were shown to represent atrioventricular nodal reentrant tachycardia and idiopathic left ventricular tachycardia. Transformation from one tachycardia to the other occurred spontaneously as well as following atrial or ventricular pacing. Radiofrequency catheter ablation of the slow atrioventricular nodal pathway resulted in cure of atrioventricular nodal reentrant tachycardia and the prevention of spontaneous recurrence of ventricular tachycardia, suggesting a role of atrioventricular nodal reentrant tachycardia in triggering the clinical episodes of ventricular tachycardia. The patient has remained asymptomatic without antiarrhythmic therapy for 8 months.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D008297 Male Males
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
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
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
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000328 Adult A person having attained full growth or maturity. Adults are of 19 through 44 years of age. For a person between 19 and 24 years of age, YOUNG ADULT is available. Adults
D001283 Atrioventricular Node A small nodular mass of specialized muscle fibers located in the interatrial septum near the opening of the coronary sinus. It gives rise to the atrioventricular bundle of the conduction system of the heart. AV Node,A-V Node,Atrio-Ventricular Node,A V Node,A-V Nodes,AV Nodes,Atrio Ventricular Node,Atrio-Ventricular Nodes,Atrioventricular Nodes,Node, A-V,Node, AV,Node, Atrio-Ventricular,Node, Atrioventricular,Nodes, A-V,Nodes, AV,Nodes, Atrio-Ventricular,Nodes, Atrioventricular
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
D016277 Ventricular Function, Left The hemodynamic and electrophysiological action of the left HEART VENTRICLE. Its measurement is an important aspect of the clinical evaluation of patients with heart disease to determine the effects of the disease on cardiac performance. Left Ventricular Function,Function, Left Ventricular,Functions, Left Ventricular,Left Ventricular Functions,Ventricular Functions, Left
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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