title: Successful radiofrequency ablation of a right posteroseptal accessory pathway through an anomalous inferior vena cava and azygos continuation in a patient with incomplete situs inversus.
abstract: We present a 43-year-old patient with paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia. In the process of catheter ablation, we found interruption of the inferior vena cava with azygos continuation with incomplete situs inversus. In this patient, we adopted the lower approach via the anomalous inferior vena cava and azygos continuation to achieve stability of radiofrequency catheter for right posteroseptal accessory pathway, and successfully abolished the preexcitation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, the Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China. qimingliu@yahoo.com.cn
authors.forename: Qi-Ming
authors.initials: QM
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Sheng-Hua
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Zhou
authors.forename: Fei-Fan
authors.initials: FF
authors.lastname: Ouyang
mesh_terms: D000015:Abnormalities, Multiple; D000328:Adult; D001401:Azygos Vein / Q000002:abnormalities*; D017115:Catheter Ablation / Q000379:methods; D004562:Electrocardiography; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010690:Phlebography; D012857:Situs Inversus / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D013614:Tachycardia, Paroxysmal / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D013617:Tachycardia, Supraventricular / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014682:Vena Cava, Inferior / Q000002:abnormalities*