Transaortic cryoablation of uncommon atrioventricular nodal reentrant tachycardia after Senning and Rastelli operations

Pacing Clin Electrophysiol. 2021 Jul;44(7):1287-1291. doi: 10.1111/pace.14219. Epub 2021 Mar 23.

Abstract

A 36-years-old woman with a congenital corrected transposition of the great arteries, who underwent Senning and Rastelli operations, was admitted with a symptomatic supraventricular tachycardia. During an electrophysiological study, uncommon atrioventricular (AV) nodal reentrant tachycardia was induced. The coronary veins and coronary sinus did not connect to the systemic venous atrium. The His bundle electrogram (HBE) was recorded at the anterior septum of the mitral valve via the aorta. The target of ablation was the site of the earliest atrial activation during the tachycardia, 5 mm posterior to the AV node, and a successful cryoablation was performed using a transaortic approach. Both the antegrade and retrograde conduction of the slow AV nodal pathway was eliminated.

Keywords: atrioventricular nodal reentrant tachycardia; congenital corrected transposition of the great arteries; cryoablation; senning and rastelli.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Aorta
  • Cardiac Surgical Procedures / methods
  • Cryosurgery / methods*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Tachycardia, Atrioventricular Nodal Reentry / surgery*