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12815306

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
2003-6-19
pubmed:abstractText
A 52-years old man with a previous pericardiotomy for idiopathic constrictive pericarditis underwent catheter ablation for drug-resistant atrial tachycardia (AT). The mechanism of the AT was considered as reentry because of resetting response and the entrainment phenomenon during AT. We introduced a 64-electrode basket catheter into the superior vena cava (SVC) during AT to obtain precise mapping. A fractionated potential preceding local atrial electrogram was recorded in the SVC. The earliest activation site of the potential was located at the anterior aspect of the SVC, 2 cm above the SVC-right atrium junction determined fluoroscopically. The fractionated potential at this site preceded the onset of the P wave by 115 msec. Radiofrequency catheter ablation at this site eliminated the tachycardia. At 6 months follow-up, the patient is free of AT. Reentrant AT involving the SVC is a candidate of RF ablation. Multielectrode basket catheter is useful for a detailed mapping of the SVC.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jun
pubmed:issn
1383-875X
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
8
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
203-8
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2003
pubmed:articleTitle
Reentrant atrial tachycardia originating from the superior vena cava.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Medicine and Biosystemic Science, Kyushu University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Higashiku, Fukuoka, Japan 812-8582. h_ito@intmed1.med.kyushu-u.ac.jp
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Case Reports