Permanent His-bundle pacing after atrioventricular node ablation in a patient with chronic atrial fibrillation and mitral regurgitation

Circ J. 2005 Apr;69(4):510-4. doi: 10.1253/circj.69.510.

Abstract

Hemodynamic deterioration because of worsening of mitral regurgitation can occur in a small number of patients undergoing atrioventricular node (AVN) ablation and pacing therapy. Patients with moderate mitral regurgitation before ablation seem prone to this complication. Successful permanent His-bundle pacing after AVN ablation was performed in a patient with chronic atrial fibrillation and moderate mitral regurgitation. Pulmonary capillary wedge pressure V-wave amplitude was markedly diminished and the mitral regurgitation area, calculated from the echocardiogram, was decreased by His-bundle pacing compared with that during right ventricular outflow tract or apical pacing.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Atrial Fibrillation / physiopathology
  • Atrial Fibrillation / therapy*
  • Atrioventricular Node / surgery*
  • Bundle of His / physiopathology*
  • Cardiac Pacing, Artificial*
  • Catheter Ablation*
  • Chronic Disease
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Mitral Valve Insufficiency / physiopathology
  • Mitral Valve Insufficiency / therapy*
  • Pulmonary Wedge Pressure