A tachycardia using a decrementally conducting concealed accessory pathway between the superior caval vein-right atrial junction and the right ventricle

Eduardo Back Sternick; Yash Lokhandwala; Robert H Anderson; Hein J J Wellens

doi:10.1016/j.hrthm.2014.10.037

A tachycardia using a decrementally conducting concealed accessory pathway between the superior caval vein-right atrial junction and the right ventricle

Heart Rhythm. 2015 Mar;12(3):639-643. doi: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2014.10.037. Epub 2014 Oct 31.

Authors

Eduardo Back Sternick¹, Yash Lokhandwala², Robert H Anderson³, Hein J J Wellens⁴

Affiliations

¹ Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology Unit, Biocor Instituto, Nova Lima, Brazil; Instituto de Pós-Graduação, Faculdade Ciências Médicas, Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Brazil. Electronic address: eduardosternick@terra.com.br.
² Arrhythmia Associates, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.
³ Institute of Genetic Medicine, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom.
⁴ Cardiovascular Research Institute, Maastricht, The Netherlands.

PMID: 25460175
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2014.10.037

No abstract available

Keywords: Accessory pathway; Atrial tachycardia; Decremental conduction; Permanent junctional reciprocating tachycardia; Supraventricular tachycardia.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Accessory Atrioventricular Bundle / pathology*
Heart Atria / abnormalities*
Heart Ventricles / abnormalities*
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Tachycardia / pathology*
Vena Cava, Superior / abnormalities*