Radiofrequency catheter ablation in familial paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia due to accessory atrioventricular pathways. 1998

J G Cho, and J W Kim, and Y K Ahn, and Y Bae, and J H Kim, and S H Kim, and J H Park, and M H Jeong, and J C Park, and J C Kang
Department of Internal Medicine, Chonnam University Hospital, Kwangju, Korea.

Radiofrequency catheter ablation (RF-CA) has been widely used to cure paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia (PSVT). However, its use has never been reported in familial PSVT caused by an accessory atrioventricular pathway (AP), which is known as one of the typical familial cardiovascular diseases. Two cases of using RF-CA for familial PSVT due to APs are presented, in a brother and sister, supporting a potential genetic role in the developmental failure to lose the atrioventricular connection during fetal life. The sister, a 24-year-old woman, had intermittent episodes of palpitation accompanied by chest pain for 2 years. An electrophysiologic study (EPS) confirmed her clinical tachycardia was atrioventricular reentrant tachycardia (AVRT) due to a left lateral concealed AP, which was subsequently successfully ablated with RF-CA. The brother, a 22-year-old man, had a 5-year history of paroxysmal palpitation. A resting electrocardiogram showed a right bundle branch block and left axis deviation with a delta wave. During his EPS, AVRT was reproducibly induced and a manifest AP was localized and then ablated at the left posteroseptal site, resulting in disappearance of the delta wave. PSVT, however, recurred 1 month later and during a repeat EPS the tachycardia was proved to be AVRT due to a right anterior concealed AP. The right anterior AP was successfully ablated with RF-CA. Both patients remained asymptomatic for more than 3 years following the successful ablation procedures.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D008297 Male Males
D005260 Female Females
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
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
D013614 Tachycardia, Paroxysmal Abnormally rapid heartbeats with sudden onset and cessation. Paroxysmal Reciprocal Tachycardia,Paroxysmal Reciprocal Tachycardias,Paroxysmal Tachycardia,Paroxysmal Tachycardias,Reciprocal Tachycardia, Paroxysmal,Reciprocal Tachycardias, Paroxysmal,Tachycardia, Paroxysmal Reciprocal,Tachycardias, Paroxysmal,Tachycardias, Paroxysmal Reciprocal
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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