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ArticleThe American journal of case reports2015

Concomitant Wolff-Parkinson-White and Atrioventricular Nodal Reentrant Tachycardia: Which Pathway to Ablate?

Sinan Sarsam, Ibrahim Sidiqi, Dipak Shah, Marcel Zughaib

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Article in The American journal of case reports, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Sinan SarsamDepartment of Cardiology, Providence Hospital and Medical Center, Southfield, MI, USA.
Ibrahim SidiqiDepartment of Cardiology, Providence Hospital and Medical Center, Southfield, MI, USA.
Dipak ShahDepartment of Cardiology, Providence Hospital and Medical Center, Southfield, MI, USA.
Marcel ZughaibDepartment of Cardiology, Providence Hospital and Medical Center, Southfield, MI, USA.
Providence Hospital · US

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundAtrioventricular nodal reentrant tachycardia (AVNRT) is the most common form of supraventricular tachycardia. In contrast, Wolff-Parkinson-White (WPW) pattern consists of an accessory pathway, which may result in the development of ventricular arrhythmias. Frequent tachycardia caused by AVNRT and accessory pathways may play a role in left ventricular systolic dysfunction. CASE REPORT: A 54-year-old man presented with palpitations and acute decompensated congestive heart failure. His baseline EKG showed Wolff-Parkinson-White (WPW) pattern. While hospitalized, he had an episode of atrioventricular nodal reentrant tachycardia (AVNRT). He underwent radiofrequency catheter ablation for AVNRT, and his accessory pathway was also ablated even though its conduction was found to be weak. He was clinically doing well on follow-up visit, with resolution of his heart failure symptoms and normalization of left ventricular function on echocardiography.

conclusionsThis case raises the question whether the accessory pathway plays a role in the development of systolic dysfunction, and if there is any role for ablation in patients with asymptomatic WPW pattern.

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Catheter AblationElectrocardiographyHeart Conduction SystemHumansMaleMiddle AgedTachycardia, Atrioventricular Nodal ReentryWolff-Parkinson-White Syndrome

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PMID26655223
PMCPMC4678921
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