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Europace 2001 3(3):241-246; doi:10.1053/eupc.2001.0172
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CASE REPORT

An unusual cause of tachycardiomyopathy: incessant atypical AV nodal reentrant tachycardia induced by 1:2 AV conduction

S. Liu and S. Bertil Olsson

Department of Cardiology, University Hospital Lund University, Lund, Sweden

We report a 62-year-old female with cardiomyopathy mediated by incessant atypical atrioventricular nodal reentrant tachycardia, which was induced by 1:2 atrioventricular conduction. Her arrhythmia was identified and cured by radiofrequency catheter ablation. Follow-up over the course of next 5 months the patient's cardiomyopathy dramatically improved.

Key Words: Cardiomyopathy, atrioventricular node, re-entry tachycardia, slow pathway, fast pathway

Correspondence: S. Bertil Olsson, MD, PhD, Department of Cardiology, University Hospital, S-221 85 Lund, Sweden. E-mail: Bertil.Olsson{at}kard.lu.se

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