title: Rapid recovery of cardiac function after catheter ablation of persistent junctional reciprocating tachycardia in children.
abstract: Four children (age range 3 weeks to 15 years) with tachycardia induced cardiomyopathy due to permanent junctional reciprocating tachycardia (PJRT) underwent successful catheter ablation of the tachyarrhythmia circuit without any complications during or after the procedure. In all four patients, the left ventricular fractional shortening improved to normal within 2 weeks of the procedure. These results argue for a more aggressive approach to the therapy of PJRT when associated with tachycardiomyopathy at a young age.
authors.affiliation: University Medical Center Utrecht, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Pieter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Noë
authors.forename: Vincent
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Van Driel
authors.forename: Fred
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Wittkampf
authors.forename: Narayanswami
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Sreeram
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D017115:Catheter Ablation; D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D013614:Tachycardia, Paroxysmal / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D016277:Ventricular Function, Left / Q000502:physiology