Atrioventricular nodal re-entrant tachycardia with QRS voltage and cycle length alternation and aberrant conduction due to two distinct antegrade slow pathways

Europace. 2006 Feb;8(2):134-7. doi: 10.1093/europace/euj033. Epub 2006 Jan 10.

Abstract

QRS voltage and cycle length alternation can be seen during supraventricular re-entrant tachycardias, especially in atrioventricular (AV) re-entrant tachycardia. We present a case of a 20-year-old man, in which AV nodal re-entrant tachycardia (AVNRT) shows alternation of QRS voltage and cycle length, as well as right bundle branch block aberration due to a re-entrant circuit using two distinct, beat-to-beat alternating slow AV nodal pathways antegradely and a single fast pathway retrogradely. Although more than one antegrade slow pathway exists, creation of a single lesion at the right posterior atrial septum using the conventional right-sided approach successfully eliminated AVNRT.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Bundle-Branch Block / complications*
  • Bundle-Branch Block / physiopathology*
  • Bundle-Branch Block / surgery
  • Catheter Ablation
  • Electrocardiography
  • Heart Conduction System / physiopathology*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Tachycardia, Atrioventricular Nodal Reentry / complications*
  • Tachycardia, Atrioventricular Nodal Reentry / physiopathology*
  • Tachycardia, Atrioventricular Nodal Reentry / surgery