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Atrioventricular Nodal Tachycardia Occurring During Atrial Fibrillation
Author(s) -
CHEN JANE,
JOSEPHSON MARK E.
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
journal of cardiovascular electrophysiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.193
H-Index - 138
eISSN - 1540-8167
pISSN - 1045-3873
DOI - 10.1111/j.1540-8167.2000.tb00053.x
Subject(s) - medicine , palpitations , cardiology , tachycardia , atrial fibrillation , reentry , ablation , atrium (architecture) , atrial tachycardia , catheter ablation
AVNRT During Atrial Fibrillation. We describe the case of a 32‐year‐old woman with palpitations and atrial fibrillation (AF) as the only documented arrhythmia. The patient underwent electrophysiologic study and was found to have inducible AV nodal reentrant tachycardia (AVNRT). During a prolonged episode of AVNRT, AF developed in both atria, hut AVNRT persisted. Dissociation of the atria during AVNRT is evidence that the atrium is not necessary in AVNRT. This case also illustrates the utility of an electrophysiologic study in locating a potentially curable arrhythmia as the primary cause of AF in young patients.