Radiofrequency catheter ablation of atrioventricular nodal reentrant tachycardia after orthotopic heart transplantation.
Patients with orthotopic heart transplantation may develop a variety of arrhythmias. Successful radiofrequency catheter ablation for tachyarrhythmias from manifest and concealed accessory bypass tracts in transplant patients has been previously reported. We present a patient with orthotopic heart transplantation who developed typical atrioventricular nodal tachycardia, which was successfully treated by radiofrequency catheter ablation.
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Division of Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology, Hahnemann University Hospital, Philadelphia, PA 19102, USA.
Wilbur
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Kantharia
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Lee
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Samuels
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Kutalek
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D000368:Aged; D001283:Atrioventricular Node / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D017115:Catheter Ablation; D004562:Electrocardiography; D006339:Heart Rate; D016027:Heart Transplantation / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013611:Tachycardia, Atrioventricular Nodal Reentry / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*