Slow pathway ablation in a patient with common AV nodal reentrant tachycardia and complete situs inversus

C Reithmann; E Hoffmann; U Dorwarth; T Remp; G Steinbeck

doi:10.1053/eupc.1999.0052

Slow pathway ablation in a patient with common AV nodal reentrant tachycardia and complete situs inversus

Europace. 1999 Oct;1(4):283-5. doi: 10.1053/eupc.1999.0052.

Authors

C Reithmann¹, E Hoffmann, U Dorwarth, T Remp, G Steinbeck

Affiliation

¹ Department of Internal Medicine I, Grosshadern University Hospital, Munich, Germany.

PMID: 11220568
DOI: 10.1053/eupc.1999.0052

Abstract

A 72-year-old woman with complete situs inversus underwent successful slow pathway ablation of typical AV nodal reentrant tachycardia. Catheter ablation of AV nodal reentrant tachycardia in dextrocardia required a lengthy procedure but was safe and without complications.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Aged
Catheter Ablation*
Electrocardiography
Female
Humans
Situs Inversus / complications*
Tachycardia, Atrioventricular Nodal Reentry / complications*
Tachycardia, Atrioventricular Nodal Reentry / surgery*