Atrial tachycardia with Wenckebach atrioventricular conduction mechanism: What is the origin of the beat following the pause?

Heart Rhythm. 2016 Jan;13(1):321-3. doi: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2015.10.009.

Authors

Vincenzo Carbone¹, Maria Pia Calabrò², Vincenzo Marafioti³, Giuseppe Oreto⁴

Affiliations

¹ Department of Medicine and Pharmacology, University of Messina, Messina, Italy.
² Department of Pediatrics, University of Messina, Messina, Italy.
³ Cardiovascular and Thoracic Department, University Hospital of Verona, Verona, Italy.
⁴ Department of Medicine and Pharmacology, University of Messina, Messina, Italy. Electronic address: [email protected].

PMID: 26723506
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2015.10.009

No abstract available

Keywords: Atrial tachycardia; Dual-pathway physiology; Fast pathway; Slow pathway; Wenckebach.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Aged
Anti-Arrhythmia Agents / administration & dosage
Atrial Fibrillation / diagnosis*
Atrial Fibrillation / drug therapy
Atrial Fibrillation / physiopathology
Atrioventricular Node / physiopathology*
Electrocardiography / methods*
Electrophysiological Phenomena
Female
Humans
Propafenone / administration & dosage*

Substances

Anti-Arrhythmia Agents
Propafenone