title: Left-septal ablation of the fast pathway in AV nodal reentrant tachycardia refractory to right septal ablation.
abstract: In more than 95% of patients with atrioventricular nodal reentrant tachycardia (AVNRT), curative treatment can be achieved with selective ablation of the slow pathway in the right-sided septum. We report a patient with typical AVNRT who had failed attempts to perform conventional right septal ablation of the slow as well as of the fast pathway and finally underwent successful ablation of the fast pathway on the left side of the interatrial septum using a transseptal approach.
authors.affiliation: University of Leipzig, Heart Center, Cardiology, Department of Electrophysiology, Struempellstrasse 39, D-04289 Leipzig, Germany. kobza@freesurf.ch
authors.forename: Richard
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kobza
authors.forename: Gerhard
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Hindricks
authors.forename: Hildegard
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Tanner
authors.forename: Hans
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kottkamp
mesh_terms: D017115:Catheter Ablation; D004562:Electrocardiography; D006346:Heart Septum / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013611:Tachycardia, Atrioventricular Nodal Reentry / Q000601:surgery*; D016896:Treatment Outcome