Systematic observation-based diagnosis of atrioventricular nodal reentrant tachycardia with a bystander concealed nodoventricular pathway

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Background: This study aimed to establish a systematic method for diagnosing atrioventricular nodal reentrant tachycardia (AVNRT) with a bystander concealed nodoventricular pathway (cNVP).

Methods: We analyzed 13 cases of AVNRT with a bystander cNVP, 11 connected to the slow pathway (cNVP-SP) and two to the fast pathway (cNVP-FP), along with two cases of cNVP-related orthodromic reciprocating tachycardia (ORT).

Results: The diagnostic process was summarized in three steps. Step 1 was identification of the presence of an accessory pathway by resetting the tachycardia with delay (n = 9) and termination without atrial capture (n = 4) immediately after delivery of a His-refractory premature ventricular contraction (PVC). Step 2 was exclusion of ORT by atrio-His block during the tachycardia (n = 4), disappearance of the reset phenomenon after the early PVC (n = 7), or dissociation of His from the tachycardia during ventricular overdrive pacing (n = 1). Moreover, tachycardia reset/termination without the atrial capture (n = 2/2) 1 cycle after the His-refractory PVC was specifically diagnostic. Exceptionally, the disappearance of the reset phenomenon was also observed in the two cNVP-ORTs. Step 3 was verification of the AVN as the cNVP insertion site, evidenced by an atrial reset/block preceding the His reset/block in fast-slow AVNRT with a cNVP-SP and slow-fast AVNRT with a cNVP-FP or His reset preceding the atrial reset in slow-fast AVNRT with a cNVP-SP.

Conclusion: AVNRT with a bystander cNVP can be diagnosed in the three steps with few exceptions. Notably, tachycardia reset/termination without atrial capture one cycle after delivery of a His-refractory PVC is specifically diagnostic.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:40

Enthalten in:

Journal of arrhythmia - 40(2024), 1 vom: 13. Feb., Seite 131-142

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Nagashima, Koichi [VerfasserIn]
Maruyama, Mitsunori [VerfasserIn]
Kaneko, Yoshiaki [VerfasserIn]
Sakai, Satoshi [VerfasserIn]
Sekihara, Takayuki [VerfasserIn]
Kawaji, Tetsuma [VerfasserIn]
Iwakawa, Hidehiro [VerfasserIn]
Egami, Yasuyuki [VerfasserIn]
Ota, Chisato [VerfasserIn]
Nagase, Satoshi [VerfasserIn]
Yagi, Tetsuo [VerfasserIn]
Suzuki, Keisuke [VerfasserIn]
Fukaya, Hidehira [VerfasserIn]
Nakamura, Hironori [VerfasserIn]
Mori, Hitoshi [VerfasserIn]
Ueda, Akiko [VerfasserIn]
Soejima, Kyoko [VerfasserIn]
Watanabe, Ryuta [VerfasserIn]
Wakamatsu, Yuji [VerfasserIn]
Hirata, Shu [VerfasserIn]
Hirata, Moyuru [VerfasserIn]
Okumura, Yasuo [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Atrioventricular nodal reentrant tachycardia
Journal Article
Nodoventricular pathway

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Date Revised 10.02.2024

published: Electronic-eCollection

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

doi:

10.1002/joa3.12976

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM368228932