Multiple interatrial electrical connection after heart transplantation

Pacing Clin Electrophysiol. 2012 Mar;35(3):e73-5. doi: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.2011.03028.x. Epub 2011 Jan 31.

Abstract

A 62-year-old woman who underwent heart transplantation 6 years later presented a regular atrial tachycardia. Electrophysiologic evaluation showed an atrial arrhythmia in the recipient atrium with 2:1 conduction to the donor atrium, with a confusing electroanatomical map. With the suspect of alternant conduction through two different breakthroughs, the map was split in two concordant maps, corresponding to two connections that were successfully ablated. Later on, a third connection was detected and therefore ablated.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Catheter Ablation
  • Electrocardiography
  • Female
  • Heart Atria / physiopathology*
  • Heart Atria / surgery
  • Heart Conduction System / physiopathology*
  • Heart Conduction System / surgery
  • Heart Transplantation / physiology*
  • Humans
  • Middle Aged
  • Tachycardia, Ectopic Atrial / physiopathology*
  • Tachycardia, Ectopic Atrial / surgery
  • Treatment Outcome