title: [Atrioventricular block at nodal and infrahissian level during atrial tachycardia. Apropos of a case].
abstract: The authors report the case of a patient with atrial tachycardia and surface electrocardiographic signs of left anterior hemiblock and complete right bundle branch block with 10/3 atrioventricular block. The regularity of the RR intervals which were an exact multiple of the atrial cycle suggested the absence of a Wenckebach phenomenon. The sequence of atrioventricular conduction cannot be explained by classical models of intranodal conduction. Endocavitary recordings confirmed this hypothesis. They showed block at 2 levels: supra- and infrahisian. The suprahisian block functioned in the 2/1 mode and the infrahisian block in the 5/3 mode without incremental conduction distal to the His potential before the apparition of block. A double zone of intrahisian block could explain the observed sequence of atrioventricular conduction. The absence of Wenckebach phenomenon on the surface ECG during tachycardia could be a sign of infrahisian block. The authors suggest that the association of this sequence of atrioventricular conduction with intraventricular conduction defects is a formal indication for electrophysiological studies.
authors.affiliation: Service de cardiologie, Hôpital Nord, Marseille.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Lauribe
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gueunoun
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Malaterre
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ebagosti
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Paganelli
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Benchimol
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Lévy
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D006328:Cardiac Catheterization; D004562:Electrocardiography; D006327:Heart Block / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006329:Heart Conduction System / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013612:Tachycardia, Ectopic Atrial / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology*
vernacular_title: Bloc auriculo-ventriculaire à l'étage nodal et infrahissien, au cours d'une tachycardie atriale. A propos d'un cas.