Radiofrequency catheter ablation of a concealed accessory atrioventricular pathway after heart transplantation.
Three months after orthotopic cardiac transplantation, a 46-year-old man developed paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia. Electrophysiological investigation of the arrhythmia led to the diagnosis of an atrioventricular reentrant tachycardia involving a left lateral concealed accessory pathway. When antiarrhythmic drugs failed to suppress the arrhythmia, radiofrequency catheter ablation of the accessory pathway was performed without complication.
Department of Cardiology, Kerckhoff-Klinik, Max-Planck-Society, Bad Nauheim, Germany.
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D001283:Atrioventricular Node; D017115:Catheter Ablation; D004562:Electrocardiography; D006329:Heart Conduction System / Q000601:surgery*; D016027:Heart Transplantation / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013617:Tachycardia, Supraventricular / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*