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Radiofrequency Ablation of Intraatrial Reentrant Tachycardia after Surgery for Congenital Heart Disease
Author(s) -
SAUL J. PHILIP,
TRIEDMAN JOHN K.
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
pacing and clinical electrophysiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.686
H-Index - 101
eISSN - 1540-8159
pISSN - 0147-8389
DOI - 10.1111/j.1540-8159.1997.tb03639.x
Subject(s) - medicine , reentry , catheter ablation , tachycardia , ablation , heart disease , cardiology , ventricular tachycardia , cardiac surgery , intensive care medicine
Intraatrial reentry tachycardia is a common cause of both morbidity and mortality after surgery for a variety of congenital heart defects. Despite an armamentarium of arrhythmia management tools, including drug therapy, antibradycardia, and antitachycardia pacing, and catheter ablation, management of these arrhythmias remains a challenge. This report briefly reviews the problem, assesses the current successes and failures of radiofrequency catheter ablation for treating it, and discusses a number of ongoing developments that may improve both early and late outcome.