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Cardioversion of Intraatrial Reentrant Tachycardia Using Rate Response
Author(s) -
THOMAS VINCENT C.,
LAW IAN H.,
EVANS WILLIAM N.
Publication year - 2012
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.1540-8159.2012.03387.x
Subject(s) - medicine , cardiology , tachycardia , cardioversion , catheter ablation , atrioventricular reentrant tachycardia , reentry , ablation , accessory pathway , anesthesia , atrial fibrillation
Intraatrial reentrant tachycardia (IART) is the most common long‐term, surgical arrhythmia sequela in patients with complex congenital heart disease. The management of IART is challenging. Medications, catheter ablation therapy, and pacemaker therapy have all been utilized as treatment options. Slower tachycardia cycle lengths and 1:1 atrioventricular conduction provide even more challenges with regard to detection and antitachycardia pacing. We describe the use of the rate response feature as a means of patient‐initiated cardioversion. (PACE 2012;XX:1–4)