Paradoxical preexcitation during cryoablation of a concealed parahisian accessory pathway

Pacing Clin Electrophysiol. 2018 Oct;41(10):1362-1364. doi: 10.1111/pace.13470. Epub 2018 Aug 27.

Abstract

A 16-year-old male presented with an orthodromic atrioventricular reentrant tachycardia over a concealed parahisian accessory pathway (AP). Cryoablation of the AP resulted in transient manifestation of a fully preexcited sinus rhythm of parahisian AP morphology. Potential causes for the paradoxical preexcitation include inadvertent atrioventricular nodal block, sourse-sink mismatch, as well as the activation of a dormant AP capable of anterograde conduction.

Keywords: accessory pathway; cryoablation; paradoxical preexcitation.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Accessory Atrioventricular Bundle / physiopathology
  • Accessory Atrioventricular Bundle / surgery*
  • Adolescent
  • Bundle of His / physiopathology
  • Bundle of His / surgery*
  • Cryosurgery / methods*
  • Electrocardiography
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Pre-Excitation Syndromes / etiology*
  • Pre-Excitation Syndromes / physiopathology
  • Tachycardia, Atrioventricular Nodal Reentry / physiopathology
  • Tachycardia, Atrioventricular Nodal Reentry / surgery*