Atrial tachycardia with recipient-to-donor atrioatrial conduction and isthmus-dependent donor atrial flutter in a patient after orthotopic heart transplantation. Successful treatment by radiofrequency catheter ablation.
Atrial arrhythmias are common after orthotopic heart transplantation. We report an unusual case of a patient after heart transplantation with 2 types of atrial arrhythmias: one was a macro-reentrant, incisional, recipient-atrial tachycardia conducted to the donor atrium, and the other was a common-type, isthmus-dependent atrial flutter in the donor atrium. These 2 arrhythmias were successfully treated with selective radiofrequency catheter ablation.
Fournet
Dominique
D
Cardiovascular Department, Hôpital de La Tour, Meyrin-Geneva, Switzerland.
Zimmermann
Marc
M
Campanini
Claude
C
D001282:Atrial Flutter / Q000601:surgery*; D017115:Catheter Ablation; D004562:Electrocardiography; D016027:Heart Transplantation; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013610:Tachycardia / Q000601:surgery*; D014019:Tissue Donors