title: Radiofrequency ablation of a right atriofascicular Mahaim fiber and two contralateral left free-wall accessory pathways.
abstract: We report a rare combination of a right atriofascicular Mahaim fiber and two left-sided atrioventricular accessory pathways in a 57-year-old female presenting with an antidromic atrioventricular reciprocating tachycardia. Radiofrequency ablation was first targeted at the left lateral accessory pathway that served as the retrograde limb of the tachycardia. After elimination of the left lateral pathway, a bystander left posterolateral pathway was detected, and it too was successfully ablated. Although no tachycardia was reinducible, the Mahaim pathway was ablated because of its short effective refractory period. A discrete Mahaim potential recorded at the right atrial free-wall successfully guided the ablation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, China Medical College Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan.
authors.forename: J Y
authors.initials: JY
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: K C
authors.initials: KC
authors.lastname: Chang
authors.forename: Y C
authors.initials: YC
authors.lastname: Lin
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: J S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Hung
authors.forename: H T
authors.initials: HT
authors.lastname: Chou
mesh_terms: D002036:Bundle of His / Q000601:surgery; D002037:Bundle-Branch Block / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery; D017115:Catheter Ablation; D004562:Electrocardiography; D004594:Electrophysiology; D005260:Female; D006329:Heart Conduction System / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D011227:Pre-Excitation, Mahaim-Type / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D013614:Tachycardia, Paroxysmal / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*