Coincident idiopathic left ventricular tachycardia and atrioventricular nodal reentrant tachycardia: control by radiofrequency catheter ablation of the slow atrioventricular nodal pathway.
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.
Wagshal
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Department of Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical Center, Worcester.
Mittleman
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Schuger
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Huang
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D000328:Adult; D001283:Atrioventricular Node / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D002036:Bundle of His / Q000503:physiopathology; D017115:Catheter Ablation; D004562:Electrocardiography; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013611:Tachycardia, Atrioventricular Nodal Reentry / Q000150:complications* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D017180:Tachycardia, Ventricular / Q000150:complications* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D016277:Ventricular Function, Left