| Demonstration of the exact anatomic tachycardia circuit in the fast-slow form of atrioventricular nodal reentrant tachycardia. | |
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PMID: 11551878 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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BACKGROUND: The tachycardia circuit in the fast-slow form of atrioventricular nodal reentrant tachycardia (FS-AVNRT) has not been convincingly defined. METHODS AND RESULTS: To define the tachycardia circuit, single extrastimuli were delivered during FS-AVNRT to 9 intra-atrial sites in 12 patients: the His bundle (HB) site; the superior portion of the HB site (S-HB); 3 arbitrarily divided sites on the AV junction extending from the HB site to the coronary sinus ostium (CSOS) (sites S, M, and I); the superior, posterior, and posteroinferior portions of the CSOS (S-CSOS, P-CSOS, and PI-CSOS, respectively); and the CSOS. The inferior portion of coronary sinus ostium (I-CSOS), at which the earliest retrograde activation was observed, was excluded. At each site, the longest coupling interval of the single extrastimulus that reset the tachycardia and the subsequent return cycle was measured. The mean tachycardia cycle length was 370+/-55 ms. The longest coupling intervals at sites S-HB, HB, S, M, I, CSOS, S-CSOS, P-CSOS, and PI-CSOS were 328+/-53, 360+/-55, 358+/-55, 358+/-54, 360+/-55, 338+/-56, 323+/-54, 331+/-56, and 321+/-58 ms, respectively, and the subsequent return cycles were 408+/-58, 371+/-55, 370+/-55, 372+/-56, 370+/-55, 396+/-56, 411+/-60, 405+/-58, and 412+/-59 ms, respectively. The longest coupling intervals at sites HB, S, M, and I were longer than those at S-HB, CSOS, S-CSOS, P-CSOS, and PI-CSOS (P<0.0001). The return cycles at sites HB, S, M, and I did not differ from the tachycardia cycle length, whereas those at CSOS, S-CSOS, P-CSOS, and PI-CSOS were longer than the tachycardia cycle length (P<0.0001). CONCLUSIONS: The perinodal atrium extending from the HB site to the I-CSOS is an integral limb of the reentry circuit in FS-AVNRT. |
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Authors:
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H Yamabe; Y Shimasaki; O Honda; Y Kimura; Y Hokamura |
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Type: Journal Article |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Circulation Volume: 104 ISSN: 1524-4539 ISO Abbreviation: Circulation Publication Date: 2001 Sep |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2001-09-11 Completed Date: 2001-10-11 Revised Date: 2004-11-17 |
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Nlm Unique ID: 0147763 Medline TA: Circulation Country: United States |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 1268-73 Citation Subset: AIM; IM |
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Division of Cardiology, Kumamoto City Hospital, Kumamoto, Japan. yamabehi@par.odn.ne.jp |
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Adolescent Adult Aged Aged, 80 and over Atrioventricular Node / physiopathology* Bundle of His / physiopathology Catheter Ablation Electrocardiography Female Heart Atria / physiopathology Heart Conduction System / physiopathology Humans Male Middle Aged Tachycardia, Atrioventricular Nodal Reentry / physiopathology*, surgery |
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Circulation. 2002 Apr 9;105(14):e80-1; author reply e80-1
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11940558
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