Successful catheter ablation of a right-sided accessory pathway in a child with interruption of the inferior vena cava and azygos continuation.
Azygos continuation is seen in 0.6% of patients with congenital heart disease. The major significance of this anomaly lies in its association with complex cardiac defects and the technical difficulty that can accompany cardiac catheterization. We report our experience with successful catheter ablation of a right posteroseptal concealed accessory pathway in a 6-year-old boy with infrahepatic interruption of the inferior vena cava and azygos continuation.
Kilic
Ayhan
A
Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Gulhane Military Medical Academy, Ankara, Turkey.
Amasyali
Basri
B
Kose
Sedat
S
Aytemir
Kudret
K
Kursaklioglu
Hurkan
H
Lenk
Mustafa K
MK
D001401:Azygos Vein / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D017115:Catheter Ablation / Q000379:methods*; D002648:Child; D022062:Electrophysiologic Techniques, Cardiac; D006329:Heart Conduction System / Q000002:abnormalities*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011859:Radiography; D013617:Tachycardia, Supraventricular / Q000628:therapy*; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014682:Vena Cava, Inferior / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging