Selective catheter ablation of the tachycardia focus in patients with nonreentrant junctional tachycardia

M Hamdan; G F Van Hare; W Fisher; R Gonzalez; P Dorostkar; R Lee; M Lesh; L Saxon; J Kalman; M Scheinman

doi:10.1016/s0002-9149(96)00616-9

Selective catheter ablation of the tachycardia focus in patients with nonreentrant junctional tachycardia

Am J Cardiol. 1996 Dec 1;78(11):1292-7. doi: 10.1016/s0002-9149(96)00616-9.

Authors

M Hamdan¹, G F Van Hare, W Fisher, R Gonzalez, P Dorostkar, R Lee, M Lesh, L Saxon, J Kalman, M Scheinman

Affiliation

¹ University of California, San Francisco 94143, USA.

PMID: 8960595
DOI: 10.1016/s0002-9149(96)00616-9

Abstract

We describe a technique for ablation of junctional tachycardia focus by means of examining the earliest atrial activation sequence during tachycardia. The procedure was successful in 7 of 9 patients, and 1 developed complete atrioventricular block.

Publication types

Clinical Trial

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Adult
Aged
Atrioventricular Node / physiology
Catheter Ablation
Child
Cohort Studies
Electrocardiography, Ambulatory
Female
Follow-Up Studies
Humans
Infant
Male
Middle Aged
Neural Conduction / physiology
Recurrence
Tachycardia, Ectopic Junctional / diagnosis
Tachycardia, Ectopic Junctional / physiopathology
Tachycardia, Ectopic Junctional / surgery*