Abstract | PURPOSE: METHODS: RESULT: We presented a 78-year-old patient with colorectal cancer, surgical port implantation, and progressive heart failure due to an incessant AV node reentrant tachycardia (AVNRT). This rhythm disturbance was refractory to any conventional pharmaceutical treatment. The electrophysiology diagnostic obtained an AVNRT. During fluoroscopy, an oversized port catheter with a loop touching the tricuspid valve annulus was discovered. This port catheter was responsible for premature beats, which induced incessant AVNRT. A manual reposition of the port edge and additional AV node slow pathway modification terminated further tachycardia. CONCLUSION:
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Authors | Stefan Andreas Lange, Jens Jung |
Journal | Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer
(Support Care Cancer)
Vol. 19
Issue 7
Pg. 1045-7
(Jul 2011)
ISSN: 1433-7339 [Electronic] Germany |
PMID | 21533814
(Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article)
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Topics |
- Aged
- Catheter Ablation
- Catheters, Indwelling
(adverse effects)
- Colorectal Neoplasms
(complications)
- Critical Care
- Electrophysiology
- Humans
- Tachycardia, Atrioventricular Nodal Reentry
(etiology, pathology, surgery)
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