Bundle branch reentrant tachycardia treated by electrical ablation of the right bundle branch.
A 66 year old man presented with multiple episodes of tachycardia. Some had QRS complexes with a right bundle branch block configuration identical to those of sinus beats. The onset of the tachycardia was preceded by premature His bundle depolarizations. There was a His potential before each QRS complex of the tachycardia. Atrial activity was dissociated. Occasionally the appearance of sinus beats with a left bundle branch block pattern announced a tachycardia with an identical configuration and atrioventricular dissociation. His bundle activity occurred before the QRS complex and was followed by a right bundle branch deflection. A reentrant mechanism within the bundle branch system was invoked. One 200 J shock was delivered through an electrode catheter to the site of the right bundle branch. The postprocedure course was uneventful (follow-up 10 months).
Touboul
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P
Kirkorian
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G
Atallah
G
G
Lavaud
P
P
Moleur
P
P
Lamaud
M
M
Mathieu
M P
MP
D000368:Aged; D002036:Bundle of His / Q000601:surgery*; D004598:Electrosurgery; D006329:Heart Conduction System / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013610:Tachycardia / Q000601:surgery*