[Electrophysiologic determination of 3 intranodal pathways using various time intervals]

Z Kardiol. 1983 Oct;72(10):599-603.
[Article in German]

Abstract

Programmed electrical stimulation of the heart was performed in a 40-year-old man with documented recurrent, sustained ventricular tachycardia, which had proved refractory to standard medical therapy. In this patient, both the presence of several discontinuities in the atrioventricular (AV-)nodal conduction curves during atrial and ventricular stimulation and the varying time intervals of the AV-nodal echo phenomena suggested the presence of multiple AV-nodal pathways.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Atrioventricular Node / physiopathology
  • Electrocardiography
  • Electrophysiology
  • Heart Conduction System / physiology*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Tachycardia / physiopathology*
  • Time Factors