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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
1989-3-9
pubmed:abstractText
The purpose of this study was to determine whether concealed anterograde accessory pathway conduction occurs during the induction of orthodromic tachycardia by an atrial extrastimulus (S2). Sixteen patients with an overt (n = 9) or concealed (n = 7) accessory pathway had inducible orthodromic tachycardia by S2 during an atrial drive (S1) cycle length of 500 to 650 ms. A ventricular extrastimulus (S3) was introduced coincident with the His depolarization resulting from S2 during the longest S1S2 interval that reproducibly induced orthodromic tachycardia. The S1S3 interval was decreased in 10 ms steps until S3 reached ventricular refractoriness. Retrograde accessory pathway conduction of S3 in the presence and absence of S2 was compared at the same S1S3 intervals. In the absence of S2 there was retrograde accessory pathway conduction after S3 in each patient. In the presence of S2, in patients with overt pre-excitation, retrograde accessory pathway conduction after S3 was absent in one patient, prolonged in four patients and present only after long S1S3 intervals in three patients. Only one patient had unchanged retrograde conduction regardless of the presence or absence of S2. In patients with a concealed accessory pathway, retrograde accessory pathway conduction after S3 was absent in five patients and was prolonged in two. Thus, concealed anterograde accessory pathway conduction was present in 15 of 16 patients at the time of orthodromic tachycardia induction. In conclusion, concealed anterograde accessory pathway conduction occurs in a majority of patients with an overt or a concealed accessory pathway during induction of orthodromic tachycardia by an atrial extrastimulus.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Feb
pubmed:issn
0735-1097
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
13
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
391-8
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1989
pubmed:articleTitle
Concealed anterograde accessory pathway conduction during the induction of orthodromic reciprocating tachycardia.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan Medical Center, Ann Arbor.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article