Key result
Post-ablation junctional tachycardia occurs in ~1% of AVNRT patients and resolves without further ablation.
Why the study?
There is limited knowledge regarding the characteristics and clinical significance of junctional tachycardia persisting after the cessation of radiofrequency ablation for AVNRT.
What are the characteristics and clinical significance of sustained junctional tachycardia following cessation of radiofrequency ablation in patients with AVNRT?
Observational (n=487)
What are the characteristics and clinical significance of sustained junctional tachycardia following cessation of radiofrequency ablation in patients with AVNRT?
Post-ablation junctional tachycardia is a rare, benign phenomenon that often indicates successful slow pathway ablation and does not require further ablation.
Rare transient JT after AVNRT ablation appears benign without further intervention; hypothesis-generating for use as ablation endpoint, needing prospective validation.
BACKGROUND: Apart from junctional rhythms during slow pathway ablation, there is limited knowledge about the junctional tachycardia persisting following ablation cessation. This study is conducted to determine the characteristics and significance of this rare arrhythmia. METHODS AND RESULTS: This study was done on 487 patients with AVNRT undergoing the radiofrequency ablation. The RF delivery-induced Supraventricular Tachycardia, persisting for a few minutes following the termination of ablation (post-ablation SVT) was investigated in this research. Atrial Overdrive Pacing (AOP) was applied to the post-ablation SVT to distinguish AVNRT from Junctional Tachycardia(JT). A total of 2337 RF-current deliveries were applied, and post-ablation SVT was observed in 81 of them. According to the electrophysiological studies, five of them (in five separate cases) were definitely diagnosed as JT. The overall incidence of post-ablation JT was about 1% of all patients. In these cases, RF energy was applied to the posteroseptal region and roof of the proximal coronary sinus. The mean Cycle Length (CL) of JTs was equal to 446 ±67ms. Following post- ablation JT termination, four cases met endpoints of successful ablation, demonstrating a positive predictive value of 80%. Atrioventricular (AV) block did not occur in any of the cases and reappearance of JT was not observed during procedure or mean follow-up period of 19.8 ± 8.4 months. CONCLUSIONS: Post-ablation JT is probably a transient Ischemia-induced arrhythmia that does not require further ablation. Thus, it is recommended to differentiate between the AVNRT and JT in post-ablation arrhythmias to avoid unnecessary RF application.
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Malekrah et al. (2021) conducted an observational in AVNRT (n=487). Radiofrequency ablation was evaluated on Incidence of post-ablation junctional tachycardia. Post-ablation junctional tachycardia occurred in about 1% of AVNRT patients undergoing radiofrequency ablation and was a transient arrhythmia that did not require further ablation.
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