Abstract | OBJECTIVES: METHODS: RESULTS: Four of these patients had symptomatic paroxysmal orthodromic atrioventricular re-entrant tachycardia and a history of syncope; one of them additionally had atrial flutter with 2:1 conduction to the ventricle. A fifth patient presented with a life-threatening broad-complex tachycardia. In electrophysiologic studies an accessory pathway was localized in the right septal area in 3 patients. In 2 patients the accessory atrioventricular pathways were created by means of surgical intervention, connecting the right atrial appendage to the right ventricular outflow tract. All patients could be managed successfully by means of catheter ablation. CONCLUSIONS:
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Authors | Alfred Hager, Bernhard Zrenner, Silke Brodherr-Heberlein, Ilse Steinbauer-Rosenthal, Juergen Schreieck, John Hess |
Journal | The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery
(J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg)
Vol. 130
Issue 1
Pg. 48-53
(Jul 2005)
ISSN: 0022-5223 [Print] United States |
PMID | 15999040
(Publication Type: Journal Article)
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Topics |
- Adolescent
- Adult
- Catheter Ablation
- Electrocardiography
- Electrophysiologic Techniques, Cardiac
- Female
- Fontan Procedure
- Heart Conduction System
(abnormalities)
- Humans
- Male
- Tachycardia, Atrioventricular Nodal Reentry
(etiology)
- Tricuspid Atresia
(complications)
- Wolff-Parkinson-White Syndrome
(etiology, physiopathology)
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