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Cryoablation of medically refractory nodoventricular tachycardia.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  1695748     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
Paroxysmal wide QRS tachycardia, based on a nodoventricular accessory connection, is an uncommon arrhythmia. In this report, the endocardial and epicardial mapping and cryoablation of a nodoventricular fiber, documented to participate in medically refractory tachycardia in an 11-year-old boy, are described. Epicardial cryothermia, applied at the earliest site of right ventricular activation, resulted in the abrupt termination of tachycardia. Endocardial cryothermia was subsequently applied in the perinodal region, the presumed site of origin of the nodoventricular fiber. No tachyarrhythmias were inducible postoperatively, and no antiarrhythmic treatment has been required during 18 months of follow-up. Based on precise anatomic localization of the nodoventricular connection, a definitive cure of associated tachyarrhythmias may be possible utilizing cryothermia, without the requirement for extensive intraoperative dissection.
Authors:
M J Silka; J Kron; J E Cutler; R A Wilson; A Cobanoglu
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Case Reports; Journal Article    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Pacing and clinical electrophysiology : PACE     Volume:  13     ISSN:  0147-8389     ISO Abbreviation:  Pacing Clin Electrophysiol     Publication Date:  1990 Jul 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  1990-08-30     Completed Date:  1990-08-30     Revised Date:  2004-11-17    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  7803944     Medline TA:  Pacing Clin Electrophysiol     Country:  UNITED STATES    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  908-15     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Department of Pediatrics, Oregon Health Sciences University, Portland 97201-3098.
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Bundle of His / physiopathology
Bundle-Branch Block / physiopathology
Cardiac Pacing, Artificial
Child
Cryosurgery*
Electrocardiography
Follow-Up Studies
Heart Ventricles
Humans
Male
Tachycardia / physiopathology,  surgery*
Tachycardia, Paroxysmal / physiopathology,  surgery

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