Key result
Radiofrequency catheter ablation of the slow pathway was successfully performed without complication in a 34-year-old male with dextrocardia and atrioventricular nodal reentrant tachycardia.
Why the study?
Is radiofrequency catheter ablation of atrioventricular nodal reentrant tachycardia feasible and safe in a patient with dextrocardia?
Case Report (n=1)
Is radiofrequency catheter ablation of atrioventricular nodal reentrant tachycardia feasible and safe in a patient with dextrocardia?
Radiofrequency ablation of AVNRT in patients with dextrocardia is feasible and safe using simple left-right fluoroscopic image reversal.
Supports feasibility of AVNRT ablation in dextrocardia; hypothesis-generating and requires confirmation in larger series.
Summary A 34-year-old male patient with situs inversus and recurrent sustained episodes of palpitations due to atrioventricular nodal reentrant tachycardia underwent successful radiofrequency catheter ablation of the slow pathway without complication. The procedure was performed using single plane fluoroscopy in the antero-posterior projection with simple leftright fluoroscopic image reversal. Radiofrequency ablation of atrioventricular nodal reentrant tachycardia in dextrocardia appears to be feasible and as safe as in normal patients.
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Nicolas Schütz (2007) conducted a case report in Atrioventricular nodal reentrant tachycardia in dextrocardia (n=1). Radiofrequency catheter ablation of the slow pathway was evaluated on Successful ablation without complication. Radiofrequency catheter ablation of the slow pathway was successfully performed without complication in a 34-year-old male with dextrocardia and atrioventricular nodal reentrant tachycardia.
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