title: Bundle branch reentrant tachycardia in a patient with a calcified bicuspid aortic valve and normal ventricular function.
abstract: We report the case of a bundle branch reentrant tachycardia (BBRT) in a 40-yearold patient with a calcified bicuspid aortic valve and normal left ventricular function. The ventricular tachycardia was eliminated by successful radiofrequency ablation of the right bundle branch. As the aortic valve annulus is in close proximity to the specialized conduction system, premature degeneration of a bicuspid aortic valve may involve the bundle of His and the proximal bundle branches by invading calcifications. We speculate that calcifications invading the proximal bundle branches from the bicuspid aortic valve may have created the substrate for the BBRT in this patient.
authors.affiliation: Medizinische Klinik I, Klinikum Grosshadern, Universität München, Marchioninistr. 15, 81377, München, Germany.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Füller
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Reithmann
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Becker
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Remp
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kment
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Steinbeck
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001024:Aortic Valve Stenosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D002037:Bundle-Branch Block / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D002114:Calcinosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008943:Mitral Valve / Q000601:surgery; D017180:Tachycardia, Ventricular / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D018487:Ventricular Dysfunction, Left / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology