| Lower loop reentry as a mechanism of clockwise right atrial flutter. | |
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PMID: 15037534 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
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BACKGROUND: Right atrial reentrant tachycardia resulting from lower loop reentry (LLR) around the inferior vena cava (IVC) has been described recently. However, all reported cases of LLR in the literature have negative flutter waves on the inferior surface ECG leads similar to that of counterclockwise typical atrial flutter around the tricuspid annulus (TA). Right atrial flutter with positive flutter waves in the inferior ECG leads has been assumed to rotate as a single reentrant activation wave front around the TA, and the role of LLR in those patients is not known. METHODS AND RESULTS: Twelve consecutive patients with flutter wave morphology on surface ECG consistent with clockwise atrial flutter were studied. The endocardial activation pattern recorded from conventional multipolar electrode catheters was characteristic of clockwise atrial flutter around the TA. Entrainment pacing in all 12 patients and 3D activation sequence mapping in 7 patients, however, revealed clockwise LLR involving the lower right atrium around the IVC in 7 patients, figure-of-8 double-loop reentry around both the IVC and TA in 4, and single reentrant loop around the TA in 1. Linear radiofrequency ablation in the isthmus between the TA and IVC (TI isthmus) terminated the tachycardia in all patients. CONCLUSIONS: Surface ECG flutter wave morphology and limited recording intracardiac sites proved insufficient to delineate the precise mechanism of the TI isthmus-dependent clockwise right atrial flutters. Most right atrial flutters with positive flutter wave on surface ECG may be supported by a reentrant circuit around the IVC or a figure-of-8 double-loop reentry involving both the IVC and TA. |
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Authors:
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Shulong Zhang; George Younis; Ramesh Hariharan; John Ho; Yanfei Yang; John Ip; Ranjun K Thakur; John Seger; Melvin M Scheinman; Jie Cheng |
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Publication Detail:
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Type: Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't Date: 2004-03-22 |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Circulation Volume: 109 ISSN: 1524-4539 ISO Abbreviation: Circulation Publication Date: 2004 Apr |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2004-04-06 Completed Date: 2004-07-23 Revised Date: 2006-11-15 |
Medline Journal Info:
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Nlm Unique ID: 0147763 Medline TA: Circulation Country: United States |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 1630-5 Citation Subset: AIM; IM |
Affiliation:
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Texas Heart Institute/St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital, Houston, TX 77030, USA. jcheng@heart.thi.tmc.edu |
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Aged Atrial Flutter / physiopathology*, surgery Catheter Ablation Electrocardiography Female Heart Catheterization* Heart Conduction System / physiopathology* Humans Male Middle Aged Tricuspid Valve Vena Cava, Inferior |
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