Catheter ablation of supraventricular tachycardia in the transplanted heart: a case series and literature review.
Clinically important supraventricular arrhythmias are occasionally encountered in patients following cardiac transplantation and the use of catheter ablation as a treatment has been reported. The following three cases are described: (1) atrial flutter, including electroanatomic mapping of the donor and recipient components of the right atrium, (2) a mid-septal accessory pathway, and (3) atrioventricular nodal reentrant tachycardia (AVNRT). A Medline database search was performed and articles addressing catheter ablation following cardiac transplantation were reviewed. The efficacy of RFA for treating various arrhythmia mechanisms was evaluated based on a summary of published case reports.
Magnano
Anthony R
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Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, New York, USA.
Garan
Hasan
H
D000368:Aged; D001282:Atrial Flutter / Q000453:epidemiology; D017115:Catheter Ablation; D004562:Electrocardiography; D022062:Electrophysiologic Techniques, Cardiac; D016027:Heart Transplantation; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000453:epidemiology; D013611:Tachycardia, Atrioventricular Nodal Reentry / Q000453:epidemiology; D013617:Tachycardia, Supraventricular / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*