Transcatheter radiofrequency ablation for congenital junctional ectopic tachycardia in infancy.

Abstract

Congenital junctional ectopic tachycardia (JET) is a difficult to treat arrhythmia with a variably poor response to pharmacologic intervention. We report on the successful treatment of a 17-day-old infant with JET via transcatheter radiofrequency ablation of the arrhythmogenic focus resulting in resolution of the tachycardia and maintenance of normal atrioventricular nodal function. Transcatheter radiofrequency ablation techniques should be considered in infants with life-threatening arrhythmia recalcitrant to standard forms of drug therapy.

• Authors: J Rychik, F E Marchlinski, T L Sweeten, C I Berul, A M Bhat, C Collins-Burke, V L Vetter
• Journal: Pediatric cardiology (Pediatr Cardiol) 1997 Nov-Dec Vol. 18 Issue 6 Pg. 447-50 ISSN: 0172-0643 [Print] United States
• PMID: 9326696 (Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article)

Topics

• Catheter Ablation (methods)
• Disease-Free Survival
• Electrocardiography
• Humans
• Infant, Newborn
• Tachycardia, Ectopic Junctional (congenital, diagnosis, surgery)