Radiofrequency catheter ablation of a concealed accessory atrioventricular pathway after heart transplantation

Pacing Clin Electrophysiol. 1994 Nov;17(11 Pt 1):1778-81. doi: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.1994.tb03745.x.

Abstract

Three months after orthotopic cardiac transplantation, a 46-year-old man developed paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia. Electrophysiological investigation of the arrhythmia led to the diagnosis of an atrioventricular reentrant tachycardia involving a left lateral concealed accessory pathway. When antiarrhythmic drugs failed to suppress the arrhythmia, radiofrequency catheter ablation of the accessory pathway was performed without complication.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Atrioventricular Node
  • Catheter Ablation*
  • Electrocardiography
  • Heart Conduction System / surgery*
  • Heart Transplantation / adverse effects*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Tachycardia, Supraventricular / diagnosis
  • Tachycardia, Supraventricular / etiology
  • Tachycardia, Supraventricular / surgery*