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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
7
pubmed:dateCreated
1990-8-30
pubmed:abstractText
Paroxysmal wide QRS tachycardia, based on a nodoventricular accessory connection, is an uncommon arrhythmia. In this report, the endocardial and epicardial mapping and cryoablation of a nodoventricular fiber, documented to participate in medically refractory tachycardia in an 11-year-old boy, are described. Epicardial cryothermia, applied at the earliest site of right ventricular activation, resulted in the abrupt termination of tachycardia. Endocardial cryothermia was subsequently applied in the perinodal region, the presumed site of origin of the nodoventricular fiber. No tachyarrhythmias were inducible postoperatively, and no antiarrhythmic treatment has been required during 18 months of follow-up. Based on precise anatomic localization of the nodoventricular connection, a definitive cure of associated tachyarrhythmias may be possible utilizing cryothermia, without the requirement for extensive intraoperative dissection.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jul
pubmed:issn
0147-8389
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
13
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
908-15
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1990
pubmed:articleTitle
Cryoablation of medically refractory nodoventricular tachycardia.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Pediatrics, Oregon Health Sciences University, Portland 97201-3098.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Case Reports