ReviewArrhythmia & electrophysiology review2020
Arrhythmias from the Right Ventricular Moderator Band: Diagnosis and Management.
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- Value of the 12-lead ECG to localize the origin of ventricular tachycardia.Herzschrittmachertherapie & Elektrophysiologie · 2026Review
- Idiopathic ventricular fibrillation triggered by premature ventricular complexes originating from a false cord attachment from the tricuspid annulus to the right ventricular free wall.HeartRhythm case reports · 2026Article
- Ventricular Tachycardia Caused by Moderator Band in a Patient with Thalassemia Major.Anatolian journal of cardiology · 2025Article
- Fascicular and Papillary Muscle Arrhythmias in the Structurally Normal Heart.Arrhythmia & electrophysiology review · 2025Review
- Effects of Eleclazine (GS6615) on the proarrhythmic electrophysiological changes induced by myocardial stretch.Frontiers in physiology · 2025Article
- Preclinical Study of Pulsed Field Ablation of Difficult Ventricular Targets: Intracavitary Mobile Structures, Interventricular Septum, and Left Ventricular Free Wall.Circulation. Arrhythmia and electrophysiology · 2024Article
- A perfect storm of ventricular fibrillation: Infarct, posterior fascicle, and the moderator band.HeartRhythm case reports · 2023Article
- Apical post-infarction ventricular septal defect blockage using the direct externalization and enmeshment to the right ventricular moderator band concept: case series.European heart journal. Case reports · 2023Article
- Proarrhythmic effect of radiofrequency catheter ablation on the right ventricular moderator band.Journal of arrhythmia · 2022Article
- Critical Requirements for the Initiation of a Cardiac Arrhythmia in Rat Ventricle: How Many Myocytes?Cells · 2022Article
- Asymptomatic Athlete With Short-Coupled Premature Ventricular Contractions.JACC. Case reports · 2021Article
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Abstract
The moderator band in the right ventricle is being increasingly recognised as a source for arrhythmias in the absence of identifiable structural heart disease. Because it carries part of the conduction system from the right ventricle septum to the free wall, it is a source of Purkinje-mediated ventricular arrhythmias that manifest as premature ventricular contractions (PVC) or repetitive ventricular tachycardia. More importantly, short coupled PVCs triggering polymorphic ventricular tachycardia and VF have been localised to the moderator band and ablation of these Purkinje mediated PVCs can effectively prevent recurrent VF. The exact mechanism of arrhythmogenesis is still debated but stretch, fibrosis and ion channel alterations might be responsible. Arrhythmias originating in this region of the right ventricle may thus be another cause for idiopathic VF that is potentially treatable with catheter-based ablation techniques. Recognition of the typical PVC morphology can point to the moderator band as the source of idiopathic VF and an opportunity for timely intervention. The available data on the anatomy, electrophysiology and management options are reviewed.
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