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Successful Radiofrequency Ablation of a Slow Atrioventricular Nodal Pathway on the Left Posterior Atrial Septum
Author(s) -
JAÏS PIERRE,
HAÏSSAGUERRE MICHEL,
SHAH DIPEN C.,
COSTE PIERRE,
TAKAHASHI ATSUSHI,
BAROLD S. SERGE,
CLÉMENTY JACQUES
Publication year - 1999
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.1540-8159.1999.tb00482.x
Subject(s) - medicine , nodal , tachycardia , cardiology , ablation , catheter ablation , atrioventricular node , radiofrequency ablation , atrial septum , atrial tachycardia , reentry , atrium (architecture) , atrial fibrillation
RF catheter ablation is highly effective in eliminating atrioventricular nodal reentrant tachycardia by targeting the slow pathway in the posteroinferior part of Koch's triangle in the right atrium. We report here a patient in whom “slow‐fast” atrioventricular nodal reentrant tachycardia was eliminated only by ablation of the slow pathway in the left atrial posteroseptal region at the level of the mitral annulus after unsuccessful attempts at the traditional site on the right side.