The electrocardiographic manifestation of combined AV nodal Wenckebach periodicity and reentry.
Presented are three patients with Wenckebach type second degree AV block that was complicated with AV nodal reentry producing different arrhythmias. The common presentation of manifest AV nodal reentry is an incomplete Wenckebach periodicity, whereby the retrograde impulse interrupts the Wenckebach cycle; rarely, the retrograde impulse initiates an AV junctional reentrant tachycardia. The documentation of concealed AV nodal reentry is more difficult and should be considered if there is a sudden increase of the PR interval in the Wenckebach cycle.
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Department of Medicine, Bronx Veterans Administration Medical Center, NY 10468.
D000368:Aged; D001145:Arrhythmias, Cardiac / Q000150:complications / Q000503:physiopathology; D001283:Atrioventricular Node / Q000503:physiopathology*; D004562:Electrocardiography; D015716:Electrocardiography, Ambulatory; D005260:Female; D006327:Heart Block / Q000150:complications / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006329:Heart Conduction System / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010507:Periodicity