Automatic activity of a decremental long atrioventricular accessory pathway: an unusual feature

M Anaclerio; G Luzzi; M V Pitzalis; P Rizzon

Automatic activity of a decremental long atrioventricular accessory pathway: an unusual feature

Cardiologia. 1999 Aug;44(8):747-50.

Authors

M Anaclerio¹, G Luzzi, M V Pitzalis, P Rizzon

Affiliation

¹ Istituto di Cardiologia, Università degli Studi, Bari.

PMID: 10476601

Abstract

The electrophysiological properties of decremental atrioventricular and atriofascicular pathways are not completely understood. We report the case of a patient with fast reentrant tachycardia due to a decremental long atrioventricular pathway, who showed a slow automatic tachycardia arising from the same pathway that was successfully eliminated by radiofrequency catheter ablation.

Publication types

Case Reports
Review

MeSH terms

Adult
Atrioventricular Node / abnormalities*
Atrioventricular Node / physiopathology*
Cardiac Pacing, Artificial
Catheter Ablation
Electrocardiography
Electrophysiology
Female
Humans
Tachycardia / diagnosis
Tachycardia / physiopathology
Tachycardia / surgery
Tachycardia, Atrioventricular Nodal Reentry / diagnosis
Tachycardia, Atrioventricular Nodal Reentry / physiopathology
Tachycardia, Atrioventricular Nodal Reentry / surgery