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Europace 2000 2(1):15-19; doi:10.1053/eupc.1999.0070
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REGULAR ARTICLE: 'HOW TO ...' SERIES

How to ablate typical ‘slow/fast’ AV nodal reentry tachycardia

H. Heidbüchel

Department of Cardiology, University Hospital Gasthuisberg, University of Leuven Leuven, Belgium

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

Correspondence: Hein Heidbüchel, MD, PhD, Cardiology, University Hospital Gasthuisberg, Herestraat 49, B-3000 Leuven, Belgium.

[1] Jackman W, Nakagawa H, Heidbüchel H, Beckman K, McClelland J, Lazzara R. Three forms of atrioventricular nodal (junctional) reentrant tachycardia: differential diagnosis, electrophysiological characteristics, and implications for anatomy of the reentrant circuit. In Zipes DP and Jalife J (Eds.). Cardiac Electrophysiology: from cell to beside 1995; Philadelphia W.B. Saunders Company pp. 620–637.

[2] Heidbüchel H, Ector H, Adams J, Van de Werf F. Use of only a regular diagnostic His bundle catheter for both fast and reproducible ‘para-Hisian pacing’ and stable right ventricular pacing. J Cardiovasc Electrophysiol 1997; 8: 1121–1132.[Web of Science][Medline]

[3] Haïssaguerre M, Gaita F, Fischer B. Elimination of atrioventricular nodal reentrant tachycardia using discrete slow potentials to guide application of radiofrequency energy. Circulation 1992; 85: 2162–2175.[Abstract/Free Full Text]

[4] Jackman WM, Beckman KJ, McClelland JH. Treatment of supraventricular tachycardia due to atrioventricular nodal reentry, by radiofrequency catheter ablation of slow-pathway conduction. N Engl J Med 1992; 327: 313–318.[Abstract]

[5] Hindricks G. Incidence of complete atrioventricular block following attempted radiofrequency catheter modification of the atrioventricular node in 880 patients. Results of the Multicenter European Radiofrequency Survey (MERFS) The Working Group on Arrhythmias of the European Society of Cardiology. Eur Heart J 1996; 17: 82–88.[Abstract/Free Full Text]


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