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Radiofrequency Catheter Ablation for AV Nodal Reentrant Tachycardia Associated with Persistent Left Superior Vena Cava
Author(s) -
OKISHIGE KAORU,
FISHER JOHN D.,
GOSEKI YOSHINARI,
AZEGAMI KOUJI,
SATOH TAKAKO,
OHIRA HIROSHI,
YAMASHITA KATSUHIRO,
SATAKE SHUTARO
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.tb04239.x
Subject(s) - medicine , coronary sinus , ablation , ostium , tachycardia , persistent left superior vena cava , nodal , catheter ablation , cardiology , catheter , nodal signaling , surgery , gastrulation , biochemistry , chemistry , embryonic stem cell , gene
Slow A V nodal pathway ablation using RF is highly effective for patients with refractory A V nodal reentrant tachycardia (AVNRT). We report three catheter ablation cases using RF current in patients associated with persistent left superior vena cava (PLSVC). Three patients with drug refractory AVNHT of common variety were involved in this study. An electrode catheter introduced through the left subclavian vein inserted directly into the coronary sinus, a typical anatomical finding of PLSVC. The ablation procedure was initially performed at the posteroinferior region of Koch's triangle. A slow pathway potential could not be found from that area; nonsustained junctional tachycardia (NSJT) did not occur during the delivery of RF current; there was failure to eliminate slow AV nodal pathway conduction. The catheter then was moved into the bed of the proximal portion of the markedly enlarged coronary sinus. A slow AV nodal pathway potential was recorded through the ablation catheter, and the delivery of RF current caused NSJT in two patients. Complete elimination of slow AV nodal pathway conduction was accomplished in these two patients by this method. No adverse effects were provoked by this procedure. Catheter ablation of the slow A V nodal pathway guided by a slow pathway potential and the appearance of NSJT was feasible and safe in the area of the coronary sinus ostium in patients associated with PLSVC.