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- Title
Decremental Atriofascicular Accessory Pathway with Bidirectional Conduction: Delineation of Atrial and Ventricular Insertion by Radiofrequency Current Application.
- Authors
Peinado, Rafael; Merino, Jose Luis; Ramírez, Leonardo; Echeverría, Ignacio
- Abstract
Decremental Atriofascicular Pathway with Bidirectional Conduction. A 17-year-old girl with a corrected complex congenital heart disease and recurrent episodes of supraventricular tachycardia was referred for catheter ablation. Electrophysiologic studies revealed the presence of an accessory pathway (AP) with bidirectional conduction and decremental properties. We demonstrated a course parallel to the node-His AV conduction system. Transient abolition of the bidirectional conduction through the AP was obtained by radiofrequency application to the ventricular insertion located in the distal right bundle branch and to the atrial insertion, located in the mid-anterior atrial septum. Radiofrequency application at the low anterior atrial septum, above the His bundle, successfully abolished AP conduction without affecting AV nodal conduction. Demonstration of the course and insertions of the AP, its bidirectional decremental conduction properties, and the association with a complex congenital heart disease are exceptional and interesting findings and raise the possibility of an accessory AV node with a parallel conduction pathway to the right bundle branch.
- Subjects
ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGICAL effects of electricity; TACHYCARDIA; ARRHYTHMIA; CARDIOLOGY
- Publication
Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology, 2001, Vol 12, Issue 4, p489
- ISSN
1045-3873
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1046/j.1540-8167.2001.00489.x