title: [Atrioventricular nodal reentrant tachycardia triggering atrial fibrillation--a case report].
abstract: We describe a case of an otherwise healthy 50-year-old man with frequent attacks of heart palpitations. During electrophysiological study two episodes of atrial fibrillation (AF) were induced. In both cases AF was preceded by a few seconds of atrioventricular nodal reentrant tachycardia (AVNRT). Ablation of atrioventricular node slow pathway successfully eliminated both tachyarrhythmias during 6 months follow-up. Since during AVNRT a few short coupled atrial ectopic beats appeared, we hypothesized that AVNRT did not trigger AF directly but by inducing ectopic beats form a pulmonary vein or an atrial focus that became a direct trigger of AF.
authors: I Klinika Kardiologii i Nadciśnienia Tetniczego, ul. Kopernika 17, 31-501 Kraków. mcjastrz@cyf-kr.edu.pl
authors: Marek
authors: M
authors: Jastrzebski
authors: Bogumiła
authors: B
authors: Bacior
mesh_terms: D001281:Atrial Fibrillation / Q000209:etiology*; D017115:Catheter Ablation; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013611:Tachycardia, Atrioventricular Nodal Reentry / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery*