Clinical usefulness of slow pathway ablation in patients with both paroxysmal atrioventricular nodal reentrant tachycardia and atrial fibrillation.
Some patients with atrioventricular (AV) node reentrant tachycardia (AVN RT) also presented with atrial fibrillation (AF). In this study we demonstrate that slow pathway ablation is able to suppress both AVN RT and AF in subjects without structural heart abnormalities, whereas in patients with structural heart abnormalities after ablation AF frequently recurs.
Delise
P
P
Cardiology Division, Umberto I Hospital Mestre, Venice, Venezia, Italy.
Gianfranchi
L
L
Paparella
N
N
Brignole
M
M
Menozzi
C
C
Themistoclakis
S
S
Mantovan
R
R
Bonso
A
A
Corò
L
L
Vaglio
A
A
Ragazzo
M
M
Alboni
P
P
Raviele
A
A
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001281:Atrial Fibrillation / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D001283:Atrioventricular Node / Q000503:physiopathology; D017115:Catheter Ablation / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013614:Tachycardia, Paroxysmal / Q000150:complications / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D013617:Tachycardia, Supraventricular / Q000150:complications / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*