Catheter ablation of recipient-to-donor atrioatrial conduction with Wenckebach-like phenomenon after orthotopic heart transplantation.
This report describes a case of atrial tachycardia in the recipient atrium manifested electrocardiographically as typical atrial flutter in the donor atrium due to atrioatrial conduction delay with Wenckebach-like phenomenon at the anastomotic line. Radio-frequency energy application resulted in immediate recipient-to-donor conduction block.
Letsas
Konstantinos P
KP
Arrhythmia Service, Herz-Zentrum, Bad Krozingen, Germany. letsaskpa@yahoo.co.uk
Weber
Reinhold
R
Arentz
Thomas
T
Kalusche
Dietrich
D
D000368:Aged; D000714:Anastomosis, Surgical; D001282:Atrial Flutter / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D017115:Catheter Ablation / Q000379:methods*; D004562:Electrocardiography; D006325:Heart Atria / Q000601:surgery; D006329:Heart Conduction System / Q000503:physiopathology; D016027:Heart Transplantation; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013537:Sutures; D013612:Tachycardia, Ectopic Atrial / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*